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32001R2336 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2001 of 30 November 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1833/92 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of cereals products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2336/2001
of 30 November 2001
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1833/92 setting the amounts of aid for the supply of cereals products from the Community to the Azores and Madeira
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (Poseima)(1), and in particular Article 3(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The amounts of aid for the supply of cereals products to the Azores and Madeira was settled by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1833/92(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2126/2001(3), whereas, as a consequence of the changes of the rates and prices for cereals products in the European part of the Community and on the world market, the aid for supply to the Azores and Madeira should be set at the amounts given in the Annex.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to amended Regulation (EEC) No 1833/92 is replaced by the Annex to this present Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000D0082 | 2000/0082/CFSP: Council Decision of 1 February 2000 implementing Common Position 1999/691/CFSP on support to democratic forces in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)
| COUNCIL DECISION
of 1 February 2000
implementing Common Position 1999/691/CFSP on support to democratic forces in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)
(2000/82/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Common Position 1999/691/GFSP, adopted by the Council on 22 October 1999, on support to democratic forces in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)(1), and in particular Article 1, in conjunction with Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,
Whereas:
(1) In its conclusions of 24 January 2000 the Council, in the framework of its support to democratic forces in the FRY, called for the extension of the "Energy for Democracy" initiative, as suggested by Serbian opposition forces after the Berlin trilateral meeting of 17 December 1999;
(2) It is necessary to take a decision on the municipalities to which such initiative will be extended;
(3) Subsequent expeditious action by the Community is needed in order to implement the measure cited below,
Within the framework of the support to democratisation in the FRY stated in Article 1 of Council Common Position 1999/691/CFSP, the supply, sale or export of petroleum and petroleum products will be authorised to the following Serbian municipalities: Sombor, Subotica, Kragujevac, Kralievo, Novi Sad.
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0217 | Commission Implementing Decision of 11 April 2014 on a financial contribution from the Union towards emergency measures to combat sheep pox in Bulgaria in 2013 and in Greece in 2013 and 2014 (notified under document C(2014) 2334)
| 15.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 111/94
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 11 April 2014
on a financial contribution from the Union towards emergency measures to combat sheep pox in Bulgaria in 2013 and in Greece in 2013 and 2014
(notified under document C(2014) 2334)
(Only the Bulgarian and Greek texts are authentic)
(2014/217/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Sheep pox is an infectious viral disease of sheep and goats with a severe impact on the profitability of ovine farming causing disturbance to trade within the Union and export to third countries.
(2) In the event of an outbreak of sheep pox, there is a risk that the disease agent spreads to other ovine holdings within that Member State and also to other Member States and to third countries through trade in live ovine or their products.
(3) Council Directive 92/119/EEC (2) sets out measures which in the event of an outbreak have to be immediately implemented by Member States as a matter of urgency to prevent further spread of the virus and to eradicate the disease.
(4) In accordance with Article 84 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), the commitment of expenditure from the Union budget shall be preceded by a financing decision setting out the essential elements of the action involving expenditure and adopted by the institution or the authorities to which powers have been delegated by the institution.
(5) Decision 2009/470/EC lays down the procedures governing the financial contribution from the Union towards specific veterinary measures, including emergency measures. Pursuant to Article 3 of that Decision, Member States shall obtain a financial contribution towards the costs of certain measures to eradicate sheep pox.
(6) Article 3(6) of Decision 2009/470/EC lays down rules on the percentage of the costs incurred by the Member State that may be covered by the financial contribution from the Union.
(7) The payment of a financial contribution from the Union towards emergency measures to eradicate sheep pox is subject to the rules laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 (4).
(8) Outbreaks of sheep pox occurred in Bulgaria in 2013 and in Greece in 2013 and 2014. Bulgaria and Greece have taken measures in accordance with Directive 92/119/EEC to combat those outbreaks.
(9) The authorities of Bulgaria and Greece informed the Commission and the other Member States in the framework of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health of the measures applied in accordance with Union legislation on notification and eradication of the disease and the results thereof.
(10) The authorities of Bulgaria and Greece have therefore fulfilled their technical and administrative obligations with regard to the measures provided for in Article 3(4) of Decision 2009/470/EC and Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 349/2005.
(11) At this stage, the exact amount of the financial contribution from the Union cannot be determined. Based on the last information sent by the concerned Member States, the cost of compensation and on operational expenditure provided are estimated at EUR 79 186,33 and EUR 1 484 304,16 respectively for Bulgaria and Greece.
(12) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Financial contribution from the Union to Bulgaria and Greece
1. A financial contribution from the Union up to a maximum EUR of 40 000,00 shall be granted to Bulgaria towards the costs incurred by this Member State in taking measures pursuant to Article 3(2) and (6) of Decision 2009/470/EC to combat sheep pox in 2013.
2. A financial contribution from the Union up to a maximum of EUR 700 000,00 shall be granted to Greece towards the costs incurred by this Member State in taking measures pursuant to Article 3(2) and (6) of Decision 2009/470/EC to combat sheep pox in 2013 and 2014.
3. The final amount of the financial contribution mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be fixed in a subsequent decision to be adopted in accordance with the procedure established in Article 40(2) of Decision 2009/470/EC.
Payment arrangements
A first tranche of EUR 310 000,00, to be financed from budget line 17 04 04 of the financial budget of the EU for 2014, shall be paid to Greece as part of the Union financial contribution provided for in Article 1(2).
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria and to the Hellenic Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0135 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 135/2005 of 27 January 2005 fixing production refunds on cereals and rice
| 28.1.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 25/55
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 135/2005
of 27 January 2005
fixing production refunds on cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003, on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2), and in particular Article 8(e) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 of 30 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 1766/92 and (EEC) No 1418/76 concerning production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors respectively (3) lays down the conditions for granting production refunds. The basis for calculating the refund is laid down in Article 3 of that Regulation. The refund thus calculated, differentiated where necessary for potato starch, must be fixed once a month and may be amended if the price of maize and/or wheat changes significantly.
(2) The production refunds fixed in this Regulation should be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish the exact amount to be paid.
(3) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The refund per tonne of starch referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93, is hereby fixed at:
(a) EUR 0,00/tonne for starch from maize, wheat, barley, oats, rice or broken rice;
(b) EUR 0,00/tonne for potato starch.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 January 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32005R2108 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2108/2005 of 21 December 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 923/2005 on the transfer and sale on the Portuguese market of 80000 tonnes of common wheat, 80000 tonnes of maize and 40000 tonnes of barley held by the Hungarian intervention agency
| 22.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 337/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2108/2005
of 21 December 2005
amending Regulation (EC) No 923/2005 on the transfer and sale on the Portuguese market of 80 000 tonnes of common wheat, 80 000 tonnes of maize and 40 000 tonnes of barley held by the Hungarian intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On account of weather conditions in Portugal during the 2004/05 marketing year which led to severe drought, the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) No 923/2005 (2) authorising the transfer and sale on the Portuguese market of certain quantities of cereals held by the Hungarian intervention agency.
(2) Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 923/2005 provides that the transport of the products to Portugal and their disposal for use as animal feed must take place before 31 December 2005.
(3) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 923/2005 reserves the sale of cereals exclusively for cattle, sheep and goat farmers’ associations or cooperatives and processing plants that have concluded cooperation contracts with those associations or cooperatives.
(4) Because of administrative delays in arranging the transport contract, the Portuguese authorities have requested the extension of the deadline for the transfer, sale on the Portuguese market and disposal of the products to 30 April 2006. They have also requested that sales may be extended to all the sectors concerned by the drought which affected the Portuguese agricultural economy.
(5) In view of the situation on the Portuguese market, and in particular of the prolonged effects of the drought on the Portuguese agricultural economy and on the conditions for the supply of cereals to economic operators on satisfactory terms, a favourable response should be given to the request from the Portuguese authorities by authorising the supply of cereals to all the economic operators concerned.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 923/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
Regulation (EC) No 923/2005 is amended as follows:
1. In Article 1(2), ‘31 December 2005’ is replaced by ‘30 April 2006’.
2. In Article 7, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32000D0578 | 2000/578/EC: Council Decision of 18 September 2000 appointing a Belgian member and alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| Council Decision
of 18 September 2000
appointing a Belgian member and alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2000/578/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 January 1998(1) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions,
Whereas one seat for a member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Ms Laurette Onkelinx, and one seat for an alternate member has become vacant following the resignation of Ms Maggy Yerna, notified to the Council on 7 February and 7 June 2000 respectively,
Having regard to the proposal from the Belgian Government,
1. Mr HervĂŠ Hasquin is hereby appointed a member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Ms Laurette Onkelinx for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 25 January 2002.
2. Mr Rudi Demotte is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Ms Maggy Yerna for the remainder of the latter's term of office, which runs until 25 January 2002. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004R0257 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2004 of 13 February 2004 fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2004
of 13 February 2004
fixing the maximum export refund on wholly milled round grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries in connection with the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/2002(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the export refund on rice was issued pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/75(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1948/2002(5), allows the Commission to fix, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and on the basis of the tenders submitted, a maximum export refund. In fixing this maximum, the criteria provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 must be taken into account. A contract is awarded to any tenderer whose tender is equal to or less than the maximum export refund.
(3) The application of the abovementioned criteria to the current market situation for the rice in question results in the maximum export refund being fixed at the amount specified in Article 1.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The maximum export refund on wholly milled grain, medium grain and long grain A rice to be exported to certain third countries pursuant to the invitation to tender issued in Regulation (EC) No 1876/2003 is hereby fixed on the basis of the tenders submitted from 9 to 12 February 2004 at 124,00 EUR/t.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 February 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004D0746 | 2004/746/EC:Council Decision of 18 October 2004 on the fulfilment of the conditions laid down in Article 3 of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, with regard to an extension of the period foreseen in Article 9(4) of Protocol 2 to the Europe Agreement
| 30.10.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 328/101
COUNCIL DECISION
of 18 October 2004
on the fulfilment of the conditions laid down in Article 3 of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, with regard to an extension of the period foreseen in Article 9(4) of Protocol 2 to the Europe Agreement
(2004/746/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 87(3)(e) thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 29 July 2002 on the signature and provisional application of an Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, with regard to an extension of the period foreseen in Article 9(4) of Protocol 2 to the Europe Agreement,
Having regard to the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, with regard to an extension of the period foreseen in Article 9(4) of Protocol 2 to the Europe Agreement, and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) A Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part (1), came into force on 1 February 1995.
(2) Article 9(4) of Protocol 2 of the Europe Agreement lays down that during the first five years after entry into force of the Agreement, and by derogation from paragraph 1(iii) of the same Article, Bulgaria may exceptionally, as regards steel products, grant public aid for restructuring purposes, provided that this leads to the viability of the benefiting firms under normal market conditions at the end of the restructuring period, the amount and intensity of such aid are strictly limited to what is absolutely necessary in order to restore such viability and are progressively reduced and the restructuring programme is linked to a global rationalisation and reduction of overall production capacity in Bulgaria.
(3) The initial period of five years expired on 31 December 1997.
(4) The Republic of Bulgaria requested an extension of the abovementioned period on 21 November 2002.
(5) It is appropriate to grant an extension of this period for an additional period of eight years starting on 1 January 1998 or until the date of Bulgaria's accession to the European Union, whichever comes first.
(6) To this effect, an Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement was signed by the Community and Bulgaria on 21 November 2002 and is provisionally applied from that date.
(7) Pursuant to Article 2 of the Additional Protocol, the extension of the abovementioned period is made conditional on the submission by Bulgaria to the Commission of a restructuring programme and business plans that meet the requirements of Article 9(4) of Protocol 2 of the Europe Agreement and have been assessed and agreed by its national State aid authority (the Commission for Protection of Competition).
(8) In March 2004, Bulgaria submitted to the Commission a restructuring programme and a business plan for its only company having benefited or benefiting of a State support for restructuring.
(9) Pursuant to Article 3 of the Additional Protocol, the extension of the abovementioned period is made conditional on a final assessment of the restructuring programme and business plans by the Commission.
(10) The Commission has made a final assessment of the restructuring programme and the business plan submitted by Bulgaria; this assessment indicates that the implementation of the restructuring programme and the business plan will allow the company concerned to reach viability under normal market conditions. It also shows that the amount of State aid for restructuring purposes as specified in the plan is strictly limited to what is necessary to allow the company concerned to reach viability and will be progressively reduced and stopped by 2005. The assessment provides also that a global rationalisation and reduction of excess capacity of the beneficiary company will be reached. The assessment therefore concludes that the restructuring programme and the business plan meet the requirements of Article 9(4) of Protocol 2 of the Europe Agreement,
The restructuring programme and business plan submitted to the Commission by Bulgaria pursuant to Article 2 of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, with regard to an extension of the period laid down in Article 9(4) of Protocol 2 to the Europe Agreement, are in compliance with the requirements of Article 9(4) of Protocol 2.
The period during which Bulgaria may exceptionally, as regards steel products, grant public aid for restructuring purposes in accordance with the provisions of Article 9(4) of Protocol 2 is hereby extended by an additional period of eight years starting on 1 January 1998 or until the date of Bulgaria's accession to the European Union, whichever comes first, as foreseen by Article 1 of the Additional Protocol. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32015R0464 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/464 of 19 March 2015 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 20.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 76/44
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/464
of 19 March 2015
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31984R0628 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 628/84 of 9 March 1984 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on certain travel goods, falling within subheading 42.02B and originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 628/84
of 9 March 1984
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on certain travel goods, falling within subheading 42.02 B and originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C, other than those listed in column 4 of Annex A, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex A; whereas, as provided for in Article 11 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;
Whereas, in the case of certain travel goods falling within subheading 42.02 B, the individual ceiling was fixed at 3 087 000 ECU; whereas, on 6 March 1984, imports of these products into the Community, originating in India, reached that ceiling after being charged thereagainst;
Whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against India,
As from 13 March 1984, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in India:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 42.02 (NIMEXE codes 42.02-21, 23, 25, 31, 35, 41, 49, 51, 59, 60, 91, 99) // Travel goods (for example, trunks, suitcases, hat-boxes, travelling-bags, rucksacks), shopping-bags, handbags, satchels, briefcases, wallets, purses, toilet-cases, toolcases, tobacco-pouches, sheaths, cases, boxes (for example, for arms, musical instruments, binoculars, jewellery, bottles, collars, footwear, brushes) and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of vulcanized fibre, of artificial plastic sheeting, of paperboard or of textile fabric: // // B. Of other materials // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31994D0392 | 94/392/EC: Council Decision of 27 June 1994 approving the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Romania amending the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, and the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, both as amended by the Additional Protocol signed on 21 December 1993
| COUNCIL DECISION of 27 June 1994 approving the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and Romania amending the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, and the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, both as amended by the Additional Protocol signed on 21 December 1993 (94/392/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with Article 228 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the Europe Agreement signed at Brussels on 1 February 1993 (1), as amended by the Additional Protocol signed on 21 December 1993 (2),
Having regard to the Interim Agreement (3) signed at Brussels on 1 February 1993, as amended by Additional Protocol signed on 21 December 1993,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Interim Agreement entered into force on 1 May 1993;
Whereas the application of Annexes XI a and XII a and of Protocol 3 has been delayed for reasons for which Romania cannot be held responsible;
Whereas the Interim Agreement provides for quantitative concessions;
Whereas it is therefore appropriate to carry-over to the following years certain quotas or ceilings, which were granted for 1993 but could not be used by Romania;
Whereas from 1 May 1993, the date of entry into force of the Interim Agreement, Romania no longer benefited from the Community's scheme of generalized tariff preferences;
Whereas it is therefore appropriate to carry-over the concessions referred to in Annexes XI a and XII a and in Protocol 3 of the Interim Agreement and the Europe Agreement;
Whereas to this effect the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the Community an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending the Interim Agreement and amending the Europe Agreement both as amended by the Additional Protocol;
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters should be approved,
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and Romania amending the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, and amending the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.
The text of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters in order to bind the Community.
The President of the Council shall give the notification on behalf of the Community that all necessary procedures for that purpose have been completed. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31994R1991 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1991/94 of 27 July 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3929/87 on harvest, production and stock declarations relating to wine- sector products
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1991/94 of 27 July 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3929/87 on harvest, production and stock declarations relating to wine-sector products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1891/94 (2), and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Whereas implementation of the instruments relating to distillation operations, in particular those referred to in Article 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, requires a detailed knowledge of information on the harvesting of grapes and the volume of wine obtained after vinification, broken down by category of product obtained, as well as the yield per hectare of the areas under vines;
Whereas Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3929/87 on harvest, production and stock declarations relating to wine-sector products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 605/92 (4), provides that the quantities of products to be entered in the declarations are to be expressed in hectolitres of wine; whereas, however, in order to take account of the particular situation of certain vine growers who harvest grapes without themselves making wine, the Member States should be authorized to allow the quantities of grapes to be indicated in units of weight in the harvest declaration, broken down by variety, instead of giving an estimate of the volume of grapes harvested by the producer;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
The following subparagraph is hereby added to the end of Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 3929/87:
'However, the Member States may make provision for the quantities in the harvest declarations provided for in Article 1 to be expressed in decitonnes instead of hectolitres.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R2001 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2001/2003 of 13 November 2003 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1620/2003
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2001/2003
of 13 November 2003
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the import of maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1620/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/2003(2), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the maximum reduction in the duty on maize imported into Spain from third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1620/2003(3).
(2) Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1839/95(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2235/2000(5), allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1839/95 a maximum reduction in the duty should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 7 to 13 November 2003 in response to the invitation to tender for the reduction in the duty on imported maize issued in Regulation (EC) No 1620/2003.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0097 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 97/2013 of 1 February 2013 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 2.2.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 33/24
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 97/2013
of 1 February 2013
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0202 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 202/2007 of 27 February 2007 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 28.2.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 61/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 202/2007
of 27 February 2007
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 February 2007.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006D0021 | 2007/42/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 15 December 2006 on the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank's capital ( ECB/2006/21 )
| 31.1.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 24/1
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 15 December 2006
on the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank's capital
(ECB/2006/21)
(2007/42/EC)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 29.4 and Article 49.3 thereof,
Having regard to the contribution of the General Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) in accordance with the fourth indent of Article 47.2 of the Statute,
Whereas:
(1) Decision ECB/2004/5 of 22 April 2004 on the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank's capital (1) laid down with effect from 1 May 2004 the weightings assigned to those national central banks (NCBs) that were members of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) on 1 May 2004 in the key for subscription to the ECB's capital (hereinafter the ‘capital key weightings’ and the ‘capital key’ respectively).
(2) In view of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union and their respective NCBs joining the ESCB on 1 January 2007, the ECB's subscribed capital should automatically be increased pursuant to Article 49.3 of the Statute. This increase requires the calculation of the capital key weighting of each NCB that will be a member of the ESCB on 1 January 2007 by analogy with Article 29.1 and in compliance with Article 29.2 of the Statute. The ECB's expanded capital key and each NCB's capital key weighting will apply with effect from 1 January 2007. Decision ECB/2004/5 should therefore be repealed and replaced by a new decision which reflects the updated position.
(3) In accordance with Council Decision 2003/517/EC of 15 July 2003 on the statistical data to be used for the adjustment of the key for subscription to the capital of the European Central Bank (2), the European Commission has provided the ECB with the statistical data to be used in determining the expanded capital key.
(4) In view of Articles 3.5 and 6.6 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Council of the European Central Bank, and in view of the General Council's contribution to this Decision, the Governors of the Bulgarian National Bank and Banca Naţională a României have had the opportunity to submit observations regarding this Decision prior to its adoption,
Rounding
Where the European Commission provides revised statistical data to be used in expanding the capital key and the figures do not total 100 %, the difference shall be compensated for: (i) if the total is below 100 %, by adding 0,0001 of a percentage point to the smallest share(s) in ascending order until exactly 100 % is reached; or (ii) if the total is above 100 %, by subtracting 0,0001 of a percentage point in descending order from the largest share(s) until exactly 100 % is reached.
Capital key weightings
The weighting assigned to each NCB in the capital key described in Article 29 of the Statute shall be as follows with effect from 1 January 2007:
— Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique
— Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique
— Bulgarian National Bank
— Česká národní banka
— Danmarks Nationalbank
— Deutsche Bundesbank
— Eesti Pank
— Bank of Greece
— Banco de España
— Banque de France
— Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland
— Banca d'Italia
— Central Bank of Cyprus
— Latvijas Banka
— Lietuvos bankas
— Banque centrale du Luxembourg
— Magyar Nemzeti Bank
— Central Bank of Malta
— De Nederlandsche Bank
— Oesterreichische Nationalbank
— Narodowy Bank Polski
— Banco de Portugal
— Banca Naţională a României
— Banka Slovenije
— Národná banka Slovenska
— Suomen Pankki
— Sveriges Riksbank
— Bank of England
1. This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.
2. Decision ECB/2004/5 is hereby repealed with effect from 1 January 2007.
3. References to Decision ECB/2004/5 shall be construed as being made to this Decision. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32003R0196 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/2003 of 31 January 2003 determining the world market price for unginned cotton
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/2003
of 31 January 2003
determining the world market price for unginned cotton
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Protocol 4 on cotton, annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, a world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined periodically from the price for ginned cotton recorded on the world market and by reference to the historical relationship between the price recorded for ginned cotton and that calculated for unginned cotton. That historical relationship has been established in Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001 of 2 August 2001(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1486/2002(4). Where the world market price cannot be determined in this way, it is to be based on the most recent price determined.
(2) In accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, the world market price for unginned cotton is to be determined in respect of a product of specific characteristics and by reference to the most favourable offers and quotations on the world market among those considered representative of the real market trend. To that end, an average is to be calculated of offers and quotations recorded on one or more European exchanges for a product delivered cif to a port in the Community and coming from the various supplier countries considered the most representative in terms of international trade. However, there is provision for adjusting the criteria for determining the world market price for ginned cotton to reflect differences justified by the quality of the product delivered and the offers and quotations concerned. Those adjustments are specified in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001.
(3) The application of the above criteria gives the world market price for unginned cotton determined hereinafter,
The world price for unginned cotton as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 is hereby determined as equalling EUR 25,533/100 kg.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31984R0782 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 782/84 of 27 March 1984 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 50000 tonnes of common wheat not intended for human consumption and held by the Dutch intervention agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 782/84
of 27 March 1984
opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 50 000 tonnes of common wheat not intended for human consumption and held by the Dutch intervention agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1451/82 (2), and in particular Articles 7 (5) and 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 of 7 July 1982 laying down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies (3), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2738/75 of 29 October 1975 fixing the general rules for intervention on the market in cereals (4) lays down that cereals held by the intervention agency shall be disposed of by invitation to tender;
Whereas fodder in the form of common wheat not intended for human consumption, is in demand on the international market; whereas, in the light of the market situation, specific management measures should be taken to meet the said demand;
Whereas, in view of the variety of treated products available, various methods should be proposed; whereas, in order to facilitate control, the treating operations should be carried out by the intervention agency before any of the wheat is released;
Whereas specific endorsements must be made in the export documents by means of which the whereabouts of the wheat can be monitored;
Whereas moreover, for the purposes of control, the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 of 30 June 1976 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2794/83 (6), shall apply; whereas the Annex to the said Regulation defines the special endorsements to be entered in the control copy; whereas the said Annex should be amended to include the endorsements to be entered in the control copy in the event where a specific destination for the cereals from intervention has been decided on;
Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The Dutch intervention agency may, on the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, open a standing invitation to tender for the export of 50 000 tonnes of common wheat not intended for human consumption held by it.
1. The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 50 000 tonnes of common wheat not intended for human consumption to be exported to all third countries.
2. The regions in which the 50 000 tonnes of common wheat not intended for human consumption are stored are listed in Annex I hereto.
3. The Dutch intervention agency shall carry out the treatment of the common wheat held by it by one of the reference methods defined in Annex II to this Regulation before any of the common wheat is released.
In accordance with the provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, transport may be undertaken by the intervention agency for the purpose of delivering the goods to the operator at the port of exit.
4. The cost of treatment shall be borne by the intervention agency.
The provisions of Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82 shall not apply. The amount of the security provided for in Article 8 (2) (c) shall be the difference between the buying-in price plus 1 % and the offer price.
1. The export licences shall be valid from their date of issue, within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/82, until the end of the second month following. Section 12 of both the applications for licences and the licences themselves shall bear the following endorsement:
'common wheat from intervention not intended for human consumption sold pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 782/84'.
2. Notwithstanding the terms of Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 (1), rights deriving from the licences referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be transferable.
1. The time limit for submission of tenders under the first partial invitation to tender shall expire on 11 April 1984 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
2. The time limit for submission of tenders under the last partial invitation to tender shall expire on 30 May 1984 at 1 p.m. (Brussels time).
3. The tenders shall be lodged with the Dutch intervention agency.
The Dutch intervention agency shall notify the Commission of the tenders received not later than two hours after expiry of the time limit for the submission thereof.
They shall be forwarded in accordance with the provisions of Annex III.
Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 is hereby amended as follows:
The following point and related footnote shall be added to the Annex, Section I 'Products to be exported in the same state as that in which they were when removed from intervention stock'.
'11. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 782/84 of 27 March 1984 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of 50 000 tonnes of common wheat not intended for human consumption held by the Dutch intervention agency (11).
(11) OJ No L 85, 28. 3. 1984, p. 22.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 March 1984.
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32003D0487 | 2003/487/EC: Council Decision of 3 June 2003 on the existence of an excessive deficit in France — application of Article 104(6) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
| Council Decision
of 3 June 2003
on the existence of an excessive deficit in France - application of Article 104(6) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
(2003/487/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 104(6) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission under Article 104(6),
Having regard to the observations made by France,
Whereas:
(1) In stage three of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), according to Article 104 of the Treaty Member States are to avoid excessive government deficits.
(2) The Stability and Growth Pact is based on the objective of sound government finances as a means of strengthening the conditions for price stability and for strong sustainable growth conducive to employment creation.
(3) The Amsterdam Resolution of the European Council on the Stability and Growth Pact of 17 June 1997(1) solemnly invites all parties, namely the Member States, the Council and the Commission to implement the Treaty and the Stability and Growth pact in a strict and timely manner.
(4) The excessive deficit procedure under Article 104 provides for a decision on the existence of an excessive deficit. The Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty sets out further provisions relating to the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure. Council Regulation (EC) No 3605/93(2) lays down detailed rules and definitions for the application of the provision of the said Protocol.
(5) Article 104(5) of the Treaty requires the Commission to address an opinion to the Council if the Commission considers that an excessive deficit in a Member State exists or may occur. The Commission addressed such an opinion on France to the Council on 7 May 2003. According to this opinion:
- following publication by the Commission of the first notification on deficit and debt data for 2002, showing that the general Government deficit in France reached 3,1 % of GDP in that year, the Commission, in accordance with Article 104(3) of the Treaty, adopted on 2 April 2003 a report on France which takes account of the relevant factors,
- in accordance with Article 104(4) of the Treaty, the Economic and Financial Committee formulated an opinion on the report of the Commission,
- the Commission considers that there exists an excessive deficit in France.
(6) Article 104(6) of the Treaty lays down that the Council should consider any observations which the Member State concerned may wish to make before the Council decides, after an overall assessment, whether an excessive deficit exists.
(7) The overall assessment leads to the following conclusions. The general Government deficit reached 3,1 % of GDP in 2002 in France. Although budgetary developments have been adversely affected by continued weakness in economic activity, the excess of the general Government deficit over the 3 % of GDP reference value does not result, in the meaning of the Treaty, from an unusual event outside the control of the French authorities, nor is it the result of a severe economic downturn. According to Commission calculations, the deterioration in the 2002 budgetary position results mainly from a worsening in the cyclically-adjusted budgetary position. The breaching of the 3 % of GDP threshold in 2002 is also rooted in the reversal of the budgetary consolidation process which took place since 1999, and is likely not to be temporary. Indeed, according to the French authorities and to the Commission Spring 2003 forecasts, the general Government deficit will be above 3 % of GDP also in 2003. Finally, the debt ratio will increase further in 2003, and will very likely breach the 60 % of GDP Treaty reference value in that year,
From an overall assessment it follows that an excessive deficit exists in France.
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32006R0530 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 530/2006 of 30 March 2006 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005
| 31.3.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/62
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 530/2006
of 30 March 2006
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to certain third countries was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005 (2).
(2) Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals (3), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95, a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 24 to 30 March 2006 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 1059/2005.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990D0006 | 90/6/EEC: Commission Decision of 15 December 1989 approving the programme of measure submitted by the Irish Government for 1990 on special support for the development of agricultural statistics in Ireland (Only the English text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 15 December 1989
approving the programme of measure submitted by the Irish Government for 1990 on special support for the development of agricultural statistics in Ireland
(Only the English text is authentic)
(90/6/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 88/390/EEC of 11 July 1988 on special support for the development of agricultural statistics in Ireland (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, as required by Article 4, paragraph 1, of Decision 88/390/EEC, the Irish Government has submitted the annual programme of measures planned for 1990;
Whereas the programme that has been submitted is such as to attain the objectives of organizing in Ireland a system of surveys on agricultural matters which will satisfy Community requirements in respect of statistical information in this field;
Whereas the Irish Government has submitted also a report on the execution of the preceding annual programme;
Whereas the measures provided for by this Decision comply with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics,
The programme of measures on special support for the development of agricultural statistics in Ireland submitted by the Irish Government for 1990 is approved.
This Decision is addressed to Ireland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31984R1890 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1890/84 of 26 June 1984 introducing special measures of Community interest relating to energy strategy
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1890/84
of 26 June 1984
introducing special measures of Community interest relating to energy strategy
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the Council resolutions of 17 December 1974 (3), of 13 February 1975 (4) and of 9 June 1980 (5), as well as Council recommendations 82/604/EEC (6) and 83/250/EEC (7), laid down certain guidelines for the Community's energy policy;
Whereas the European Council held in Stuttgart from 17 to 19 June 1983 reached certain conclusions;
Whereas the Community has defined an energy strategy designed notably to reduce dependence on imports of energy products, particularly oil;
Whereas it is necessary to introduce special measures of Community interest relating to energy strategy and involving financial assistance from the Community to projects, schemes or measures in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the United Kingdom, which contribute towards Community energy policy objectives;
Whereas the total amount of the Community assistance necessary for the said special measures is estimated at 255 million ECU for projects, schemes and measures implemented in the United Kingdom and at 201 million ECU for projects, schemes and measures implemented in the Federal Republic of Germany;
Whereas the Community's financial assistance should concern projects or schemes of Community interest which have recently been started or are about to be started, or measures being carried out or about to be carried out in connection with the implementation of current projects or schemes of Community interest;
Whereas the projects, schemes and measures must be specified and supported by the information required in order to retain only those which are of Community interest in the field to which they relate;
Whereas the implementation of the projects, schemes or measures referred to in this Regulation should be subject to the control of the Commission, as well as to the controls laid down by the Treaties and the Financial Regulation;
Whereas the Treaty has not made provision for specific powers for this purpose,
Special measures of Community interest relating to energy strategy are hereby introduced in 1984 for the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom. The Community shall grant financial assistance under this Regulation of an estimated 255 million ECU in favour of the United Kingdom and an estimated 201 million ECU in favour of the Federal Republic of Germany.
1. The special measures of Community interest shall be implemented by means of financial assistance for the implementation of projects, schemes or measures which fall, in compliance with the energy strategy defined by the Community, within the framework of energy strategy and relate to one or more of the following fields:
- interconnection of networks for the transport of gas and electricity in the Community;
- research, development and experimental projects in the non-conventional thermal field;
- production of electricity from conventional thermal, nuclear and hydroelectric energy; combined heat and electricity systems;
- participation in the bringing into production of crude oil and natural gas deposits;
- increasing the storage capacity of crude oil and natural gas;
- projects for new technologies, in particular, for the use of solid fuels;
- measures ensuring the supply of energy.
2. The projects, schemes or measures shall be submitted to the Commission together with all the information necessary in order to assess:
- their conformity with the terms of paragraph 1,
- their conformity with the eligibility criteria laid down in Article 3,
- their Community interest, taking account of energy strategy and the field under consideration,
- the possibilities of verifying the execution of each project, scheme or measure and of auditing expenditure.
3. The Commission may request any additional information necessary for the examination of the said projects, schemes or measures.
1. The projects, schemes or measures shall be eligible for financial assistance from the Community provided they are financed wholly or in part by public authorities and fulfil the following criteria:
(a) they must serve to bring about the objectives of the Community's energy policy;
(b) they must be compatible with other Community policies;
(c) they must not give rise to distortions of competition.
2. Additionally, only those demonstration projects or energy research projects for which Member States make the necessary provisions to ensure productive use, commercialization and non-discriminatory dissemination of results throughout the Community shall be adopted.
1. The Commission shall examine the projects, schemes or measures submitted to it by each of the Member States concerned under this Regulation and shall refer them for information to the Committee referred to in Article 7.
2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8, the Commission shall decide on:
(a) the projects, schemes or measures meriting Community assistance in the light of the criteria laid down in Article 3;
(b) the amount of the Community's financial assistance, within the limits of the appropriations available.
3. The Community's overall financial contribution may not exceed 60 % of the public expenditure provided for the implementation of each project, scheme or measure.
4. Community financial assistance shall be made only in respect of projects, schemes or measures initiated after 1 January 1983.
No contribution shall be made in respect of projects or schemes completed before the entry into force of this Regulation.
5. The Commission decisions referred to in paragraph 2 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
1. Appropriations relating to the special measures referred to by this Regulation shall be entered in the general budget of the European Communities.
2. When the implementation of the project, scheme or measure has already started, the advance payment shall be equal to the Community share of the amount already committed, as certified by the Member State concerned: that advance may not however exceed 90 % of the total Community contribution. The Commission shall first ensure that every project, scheme or measure has been started as required by this Regulation.
In other cases, as soon as the Commission has taken a decision pursuant to Article 4 (2), it will grant an advance of 50 %. A further advance of 40 % will be granted once 50 % of the expenditure on the project, scheme or measure has been made.
3. Payment of the 10 % balance shall be effected immediately after the sum referred to in paragraph 2 has been used up, as certified by the Government of the Member State concerned, provided that implementation of the project, scheme or measure proceeds as planned and that on-the-spot checks have been carried out in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 6.
1. The Commission shall ensure that each project, scheme or measure is implemented in accordance with this Regulation, with the provisions adopted for its application and with the Regulation adopted pursuant to Article 209 of the Treaty.
To this end, each of the Member States concerned shall supply the Commission with all information requested by it and shall take all steps with regard to Community-assisted projects, schemes or measures to facilitate such supervision as the Commission may consider appropriate, including on-the-spot checks made at its request with the approval of the Member State concerned by the latter's competent authorities, in which Commission officials may participate. Each Member State concerned shall make available to the Commission, for a period of three years from the transfer of the balance referred to in Article 5 (3), all supporting documents or certified copies thereof relating to expenditure.
2. Where a project, scheme or measure is not implemented in conformity with this Regulation or departs substantially from decisions taken for its application, the Commission may suspend payments still due. In this case, it may decide that sums already paid or still due are to be allocated, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8, to other projects, schemes or measures submitted under this Regulation. If, in the opinion of the Commission, no other project, scheme or measure is available, it shall recover the payments made.
1. Advisory Committee (hereinafter called 'the Committee') is hereby established, composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission.
2. Within the Committee, the votes of the Member States shall be weighted in accordance with Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to the Committee either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee drafts of decisions to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the drafts within a time limit which the chairman may fix according to the urgency of the matter. An opinion shall be adopted by a qualified majority in accordance with Article 148 (2) of the Treaty.
3. After this Committee has delivered its opinion, the Commission shall adopt decisions which shall apply immediately.
Each of the Member States concerned shall, in agreement with the Commission, take the necessary steps to ensure that suitable publicity is given to the assistance granted under this Regulation.
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The Commission shall report every six months from the entry into force of this Regulation to the Council and to the European Parliament on the application thereof.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31988L0414 | Commission Directive 88/414/EEC of 22 June 1988 adapting to technical progress Council Diective 80/720/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the operating space, access to the driving position and the doors and windows of wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 22 June 1988
adapting to technical progress Council Diective 80/720/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the operating space, access to the driving position and the doors and windows of wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors
(88/414/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 74/150/EEC of 4 March 1974 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (1), as last amended by Directive 88/297/EEC (2) and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas, in view of the experience acquired, it is now possible to make certain provisions of Council Directive 80/720/EEC (3), as amended by Directive 82/890/EEC (4) more precise and complete;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the directives aimed at the removal of technical barriers to trade in the agricultural or forestry tractor sector,
Annex I to Directive 80/720/EEC is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
1. From 1 October 1988 no Member State may:
- refuse, in respect of a type of tractor, to grant EEC type-approval, to issue the document referred to in Article 10 (1), final indent of Directive 74/150/EEC, or to grant national type-approval; or
- prohibit the entry into service of a type of tractor or tractors, the operating space, access to the driving position, doors and windows of which comply with the provisions of this Directive.
2. From 1 October 1989, Member States:
- shall not issue the document referred to in Article 10 (1), final indent, of Directive 74/150/EEC in respect of a type of tractor, the operating space, access to the driving position, doors and windows of which do not comply with the provisions of this Directive;
- may refuse to grant national type-approval in respect of a type of tractor, the operating space, access to the driving position, doors and windows of which do not comply with the provisions of this Directive.
Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary in order to comply with this Directive not later than 30 September 1988. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
32005R0565 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/2005 of 14 April 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 15.4.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 97/4
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 565/2005
of 14 April 2005
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April 2005.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31993D0053 | 93/53/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1992 setting up a scientific committee for designations of origin, geographical indications and certificates of specific character
| COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1992 setting up a scientific committee for designations of origin, geographical indications and certificates of specific character
(93/53/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas within the framework of Community protection of designations of origin and geographical indications, registration thereof may involve examining problems concerning the generic nature of a name and the factors to be taken into account when defining the designation of origin and geographical indication for agricultural products and foodstuffs, on the one hand, and the application of criteria regarding fair competition in commercial transactions and the danger of confusing consumers within the meaning of Articles 13 and 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 (1) in cases where there is a conflict between the designation of origin or geographical indication and the trademark, homonyms or existing products which are legally marketed, on the other hand;
Whereas within the framework of Community protection of certificates of specific character, registration thereof may involve examining problems concerning assessment of the traditional nature of agricultural products and foodstuffs;
Whereas the search for solutions to such problems requires the assistance of highly qualified experts with legal or agricultural backgrounds, and particularly with knowledge of intellectual property rights;
Whereas it is therefore appropriate to set up a scientific committee to assist the Commission,
A scientific committee, hereinafter called 'the Committee', is hereby established to assist the Commission.
The task of the Committee shall be to examine, at the request of the Commission, all technical problems relating to the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92 (2) with regard to the registration of names of agricultural products and foodstuffs and cases of conflict between Member States, in particular:
1. the factors to be taken into account when defining geographical indications and designations of origin and exceptions thereto, particularly exceptional reputation and renown;
2. generic nature;
3. the assessment of traditional nature;
4. the assessment of criteria regarding fair competition in commercial transactions and the risk of confusing consumers in cases of conflict between the designation of origin or geographical indication and the trademark, homonyms or existing products which are legally marketed.
1. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commission from among highly-qualified experts with competence in the fields referred to in Article 2.
2. The Committee shall consist of seven members and seven alternate members authorized to participate in the meetings.
1. The Committee shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from among its members.
They shall be elected on the basis of a simple majority.
2. The Commission shall provide the secretariat of the Committee.
The Committee's proceedings shall be valid only when all its members are present. The Committee shall give a favourable opinion when votes in favour exceed votes against. Where votes in favour and against are equal, abstention shall be considered as a vote in favour.
1. Members shall be appointed for a term of five years, which term shall be renewable. However, the terms of office of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be of two years. They may not be re-elected immediately after having performed their duties for two consecutive two-year periods. Members shall not be remunerated for their services.
2. Upon the expiry of the period of five years or two years, as the case may be, the members, Chairman and Vice-chairman shall remain in office until they are replaced or their appointments are renewed.
3. Where a member, Chairman or Vice-Chairman is unable to carry out his duties or in the event of his resignation, he shall be replaced for the remaining period of his term of office, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Articles 3 and 4, as the case may be.
1. The Committee shall meet at the request of a representative of the Commission.
2. The Commission's representative and officials and other servants of the Commission concerned shall attend the meetings of the Committee.
3. The Commission's representative may invite leading figures with special qualifications in the subjects under study to attend these meetings.
1. The proceedings of the Committee shall relate to matters on which the Commission has requested an opinion.
The Commission may specify a period within which such opinion must be delivered.
2. Where the opinion requested is the subject of unanimous agreement by the members of the Committee, they shall establish their joint conclusions. Failing unanimity, the various positions adopted during the proceedings shall be entered in a report drawn up under the responsibility of the Committee's secretariat.
Where the Commission's representative informs members of the Committee that the opinion requested relates to a subject of a confidential nature, such members shall be under an obligation not to disclose information which has come to their knowledge through the work of the Committee. | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010R0168 | Council Regulation (EU) No 168/2010 of 1 March 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
| 2.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 51/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 168/2010
of 1 March 2010
amending Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215(1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2010/128/CFSP of 1 March 2010 amending Common Position 2003/495/CFSP on Iraq (1),
Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) In line with United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1483 (2003), Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 of 7 July 2003 concerning certain specific restrictions on economic and financial relations with Iraq (2) made specific arrangements as regards payments for petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas exported from Iraq, whereas Article 10 of that Regulation made specific arrangements concerning immunity from legal proceedings of certain Iraqi assets. These specific arrangements applied until 31 December 2008.
(2) UNSC Resolution 1859 (2008) provided that both specific arrangements should be extended until 31 December 2009. In accordance with Council Common Position 2009/175/CFSP (3), Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 was amended accordingly by means of Regulation (EC) No 175/2009 (4).
(3) UNSC Resolution 1905 (2009) provided that both specific arrangements should be further extended until 31 December 2010. In accordance with Decision 2010/128/CFSP, it is appropriate to amend Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003 accordingly.
(4) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,
In Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1210/2003, paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:
‘3. Articles 2 and 10 shall apply until 31 December 2010.’
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32001R1849 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1849/2001 of 20 September 2001 establishing the estimated production of unginned cotton for the 2001/02 marketing year and the resulting provisional reduction in the guide price
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1849/2001
of 20 September 2001
establishing the estimated production of unginned cotton for the 2001/02 marketing year and the resulting provisional reduction in the guide price
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Protocol 4 on cotton, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1050/2001(1),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 of 22 May 2001 on production aid for cotton(2), and in particular Article 19(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 16(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1591/2001(3) lays down that the estimated production of unginned cotton referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 and the provisional reduction in the resulting guide price must be established before 10 September of the marketing year concerned.
(2) Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001 lays down that account of crop forecasts must be taken when establishing the estimated production. Based on the available data for the 2001/02 marketing year, that production should be fixed as indicated.
(3) The reduction in the guide price is calculated in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1051/2001, replacing, however, actual production with estimated production plus 15 %. This reduction should accordingly be fixed at the levels indicated.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Management Committee for Natural Fibres,
1. For the 2001/02 marketing year, estimated production of unginned cotton is fixed at:
- 1095840 tonnes for Greece,
- 314058 tonnes for Spain,
- 756 tonnes for Portugal.
2. For the 2001/02, the provisional reduction in the guide price is fixed at:
- EUR 44,221/100 kg for Greece,
- EUR 23,918/100 kg for Spain,
- EUR 0/100 kg for Portugal.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R0356 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 356/2014 of 8 April 2014 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 9.4.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 106/41
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 356/2014
of 8 April 2014
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1),
Having regard to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (2), and in particular Article 136(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in Annex XVI, Part A thereto.
(2) The standard import value is calculated each working day, in accordance with Article 136(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, taking into account variable daily data. Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
The standard import values referred to in Article 136 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 are fixed in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32004D0316 | 2004/316/EC: Commission Decision of 5 April 2004 terminating the investigation into the alleged circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2320/97, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 235/2004, on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 348/2000, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1515/2002 on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Ukraine by wrong declaration of imports of the same product and by imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, originating in Russia and Ukraine and terminating the registration of such imports imposed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1264/2003
| Commission Decision
of 5 April 2004
terminating the investigation into the alleged circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2320/97, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 235/2004, on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 348/2000, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1515/2002 on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Ukraine by wrong declaration of imports of the same product and by imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, originating in Russia and Ukraine and terminating the registration of such imports imposed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1264/2003
(2004/316/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PROCEDURE
1. Existing measures
(1) By Council Regulation (EC) No 2320/97(3), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 235/2004((4)), and by Regulation (EC) No 348/2000(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1515/2002(6), (the original Regulations), the Council imposed definitive anti-dumping duties of 26,8 % on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Russia and of 38,5 % on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating, inter alia, in Ukraine.
(2) On 23 November 2002, the Commission initiated an interim and expiry review of the abovementioned measures concerning imports from Russia(7) pursuant to Articles 11(2) and 11(3) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (the basic Regulation) and an interim review of the abovementioned measures concerning imports from Ukraine(8) pursuant to Article 11(3) of the basic Regulation. These investigations are still ongoing.
2. Request
(3) On 2 June 2003, the Commission received a request pursuant to Article 13(3) of the basic Regulation to investigate the alleged circumvention of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and Ukraine. The request was submitted by the Defence Committee of the Seamless Steel Tube Industry of the European Union (the Applicant) on behalf of producers representing a major proportion, i.e. over 50 % of the Community production of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel.
(4) The request contained sufficient prima facie evidence that there had been a significant change in the pattern of trade, as imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and Ukraine have decreased substantially following the imposition of measures on the products concerned, while certain seamless pipes and tubes of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, declared under Combined Nomenclature(9) (CN) codes 7304 59 91 and 7304 59 93 and originating in Russia and Ukraine had increased during the same time span.
(5) This change in the pattern of trade was alleged to stem either from the practice that minimal quantities of other substances are being added to the product concerned, so that they fall outside the CN codes corresponding to the definition of the products subject to the measures (CN codes ex 7304 10 10, ex 7304 10 30, 7304 31 99, 7304 39 91 and 7304 39 93 ), notwithstanding the fact that the basic characteristics and uses of the products remain unchanged, or from the practice of wrongly declaring the product concerned under CN codes outside the scope of the anti-dumping measures. It was further alleged that there was insufficient due cause or economic justification for these practices other than the existence of the anti-dumping duties on certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and Ukraine.
(6) Finally, the Applicant alleged that the remedial effects of the existing anti-dumping duties on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and Ukraine were being undermined, both in terms of quantities and prices, and that dumping was taking place in relation to the normal values previously established.
3. Initiation
(7) By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1264/2003(10) (the initiating Regulation), the Commission initiated an investigation into the alleged circumvention of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and Ukraine and, pursuant to Articles 13(3) and 14(5) of the basic Regulation, directed the customs authorities to register imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel, and of certain seamless pipes and tubes of alloy steel, other than stainless steel declared under CN codes 7304 59 91 and 7304 59 93 and originating in Russia and Ukraine as from 17 July 2003.
4. Investigation
(8) The Commission advised the authorities of Russia and Ukraine of the initiation of the investigation. Questionnaires were sent to the producers and exporters in Russia and Ukraine as well as to the importers in the Community named in the request or known to the Commission from the previous investigations. Interested parties were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing within the time limit set in the initiating Regulation.
(9) Replies to the questionnaires were submitted by five producers in Russia, three producers in Ukraine, one exporter in Russia, two exporters in Ukraine and one trader in Switzerland. Replies to the questionnaire were also submitted by eight traders/importers in the Community. The Commission carried out verification visits at the premises of the following companies:
Russian producers:
- Taganrog Mettalurgical Works, Taganrog, Russia,
- OJSC Volzhsky Pipe Works, Volzskhy, Russia;
Russian exporter:
- CJSC Trade House TMK, Moscow, Russia;
Ukrainian producers:
- Dnepropetrovsk Tube Works, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine,
- Nizhnedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine,
- Nikopolsky Seamless Tubes Plant, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine;
Ukrainian exporters:
- Scientific Production Investment Group, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine;
- AACS, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine;
Trader related to the Ukrainian company Scientific Production Investment Group:
- Sepco S.A, Lugano, Switzerland;
Unrelated importers/traders in the Community:
- RWH, Germany,
- Eurosinara SRL, Italy,
- Merigo SPA, Italy.
5. Investigation period
(10) The investigation period covered the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 (the IP). Data was collected from the year 2000 up to the IP to investigate the change in the pattern of trade.
B. WITHDRAWAL OF THE REQUEST AND TERMINATION OF THE INVESTIGATION
(11) By a letter of 9 February 2004, the applicant formally withdrew its request to investigate the alleged circumvention of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and Ukraine.
(12) An investigation of alleged circumvention of anti-dumping measures may, in cases where the request for investigation has been withdrawn, be terminated. By the analogous application of the provisions of Article 9(1) of the basic Regulation, such termination may take place unless such termination would not be in the Community interest.
(13) The Commission considered that, in the absence of information showing that termination of the investigation would not be in the Community interest, the present investigation should be terminated. Interested parties were informed accordingly and were given the opportunity to comment. No comments were received indicating that such termination would not be in the Community interest.
(14) The Commission therefore concludes that the anti-circumvention investigation concerning imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and Ukraine by imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, normally declared under CN codes 7304 59 91 and 7304 59 93 or by wrong customs declarations, should be terminated.
(15) The registration of imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel, and of certain seamless pipes and tubes of alloy steel, other than stainless steel declared under CN codes 7304 59 91 and 7304 59 93 and originating in Russia and Ukraine, introduced by the initiating Regulation should therefore be discontinued and that Regulation be repealed,
The investigation initiated by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1264/2003 concerning the alleged circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2320/97, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 235/2004, on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Russia and of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 348/2000, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1515/2002 on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in Ukraine by wrong declaration of imports of the same product and by imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of alloy steel, other than stainless steel, declared under CN codes 7304 59 91 and 7304 59 93 and originating in Russia and Ukraine, and making such imports subject to registration, is hereby terminated.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1264/2003 is hereby repealed.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997D0797 | 97/797/EC: Commission Decision of 7 November 1997 accepting undertakings in connection with the anti- dumping proceeding concerning imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland
| COMMISSION DECISION of 7 November 1997 accepting undertakings in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of flat pallets of wood originating in the Republic of Poland (97/797/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2331/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 (1) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee,
Whereas:
A. PREVIOUS PROCEDURE
(1) The Commission by Regulation (EC) No 1023/97 (3) imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on certain imports of flat pallets of wood falling within CN code ex 4415 20 20 originating in the Republic of Poland and accepted undertakings offered from certain producers. These undertakings concerned only one pallet type, i.e. the EUR pallet.
(2) By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1632/97 (4), the above provisional Regulation was amended adding a provision whereby genuine new Polish exporters can be attributed the weighted average duty applicable to co-operating companies not included in the sample of exporters investigated and can have undertakings accepted with regard to exports of EUR-pallets.
(3) By Commission Regulation (EC) No 1633/97 (5), in application of the abovementioned new provision, the provisional Regulation was further amended by including a number of genuine new exporters in the list of companies receiving the weighted average duty and by accepting undertakings from some of such new exporters.
B. DEFINITIVE DETERMINATION
(4) The Commission continued to seek and verify all information that it deemed necessary for the purpose of its definitive findings. In the course of this investigation, it was established that definitive anti-dumping measures in the form of an ad valorem duty and, where applicable, price undertakings, should be taken in order to eliminate the injurious effects of dumping. The findings and conclusions on all aspects of the investigation are set out in the Commission's proposal to the Council to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of wooden pallets originating in Poland (6).
C. NEW EXPORTERS' REQUEST
(5) Following the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1633/97, eight further new Polish exporting producers have applied not to be treated differently from the companies which co-operated in the proceeding but were not included in the sample and have offered undertakings with regard to the EUR-pallet. They have provided, on request, evidence showing that they are genuine new exporters, which is considered sufficient to accept the undertakings offered by them with regard to the EUR-pallet.
(6) Two Polish exporters included in the list of companies receiving the weighted average duty have now offered undertakings with regard to the EUR-pallet which are considered acceptable,
The undertakings offered with regard to the EUR-pallet by:
- MACED Sklad Palet, Jadwiga Macionga, PL-77-200 Miastko
- ENKEL Spรณlka Cywilna, PL-24-100 Pulawy
- Produkcja Stolarska Posrednictwo Export-Import, W.i.T. HENSOLDT, PL-84-300 Lebork
- Przedsiebiorstwo Produkoyjno Uslugowo Handlowe 'DREWPOL`, PL-98277 Braszewice
- PTN Kruklanki Sp. Z.o.o., PL-11612 Kruklanki
- WEDAM Spรณlka Cywilna, PL-83-322 Stezyca
- 'AVEN` Sp. Z.o.o., PL-66-470 Kostrzyn
- Import-Export Jan Sibinski, PL-63-524 Czajkow
- 'Empol` s.c., PL-62-812 Jastrzebniki 37
- P.P.H.U. 'Alk`, PL-73-240 Bierzwnik,
in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of flat pallets of wood originating in Poland and falling within CN code ex 4415 20 20 10 are hereby accepted.
This acceptance shall take effect on the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 2334/97. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31993R2085 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2085/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guidance Section
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2085/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guidance Section
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (4) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (5);
Whereas the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (6) amending Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (7);
Whereas, as a result of the amendments to the aforementioned Regulations and to take account of the experience acquired, Council Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guidance Section (8) should be amended;
Whereas the acompanying measures for agri-environment, afforestation and early retirement adopted under the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) are to be financed in future by the EAGGF Guarantee Section;
Whereas the list of measures eligible under Objectives 1 and 5 (b) should be revised on the basis of experience and having regard to the need for rural development to be based also on non-agricultural activities and on multiple activities by farmers of either sex, to reverse the trend towards the economic and social decline and depopulation of the countryside, strengthening, in particular, measures to promote local products and non-polluting forms of agriculture, horticulture and livestock-farming, prevent natural disasters, renovate villages and protect and conserve the rural heritage;
Whereas, within the context of its contribution to achieving Objective 1 and Objective 5 (b) the Fund should be able to finance measures for sustainable development of the rural environment, including developing and strengthening agricultural and forestry structures which use methods and techniques that respect the environment; whereas the Fund should also be able to finance the encouragement of tourist and craft investments, including the improvement of living accomandation on agricultural holdings and in the countryside;
Whereas the scope of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 should be extended to incorporate rural development more effectively in measures carried out under that Article and to strengthen measures relating to information and the dissemination of knowledge;
Whereas measures relating to the fisheries sector are the subject of a specific regulation and no longer fall within the scope of this Regulation,
Articles 1 to 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 are hereby replaced by the following:
'Article 1
1. The Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, (hereinafter called "the Fund "), may finance measures for performing the tasks referred to in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 in order to attain Objectives 1, 5 (a) and 5 (b) as set out in Article 1 of that Regulation, with the exception of mesures under Objective 5 (a) which concern fisheries structures, in accordance with the criteria and objectives set out in this Regulation.
2. The conditions and criteria laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 shall apply to measures financed under this Regulation, unless this Regulation orf provisions adopted under Article 2 (1) thereof specify otherwise.
TITLE I
Speeding up the adjustment of agricultural structures in the framework of the reform of the common agricultural policy
(Objective 5 (a))
1. The Fund may finance common measures decided on by the Council in accordance with the procedure provided for in the third subparagraph of Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, in order to speed up the adjustment of agricultural structures, in particular in the framework of the reform of the common agricultural policy.
2. The common measures referred to in paragraph 1 may concern in particular:
- where their financing is not provided for under the EAGGF Guarantee Section, market policy accompanying measures contributing to re-establishing balance between production and market capacity,
- measures to support farm incomes and to maintain viable agricultural communities in mountain, hill or less-favoured areas by means of agricultural aid such as compensation for permanent natural handicaps,
- concrete measures to encourage the installation of young farmers of either sex,
- measures to improve the efficiency of the structures of holdings, especially investments aimed at reducing production costs, promoting quality, improving the living and working conditions of farmers of either sex and of their spouses whose major activity is on the farm, promoting the diversification of their activities, including the production of non-food agricultural produce, improving animal health conditions, livestock-farming hygiene and animal welfare, as well as preserving and improving the natural environment,
- measures to improve the marketing, including the marketing of produce at the farm, and the processing of agricultural and forestry products, and to encourage the establishment of producers' associations,
- measures to encourage assistance to farmers of either sex and for the creation of groupings with a view to improving production conditions.
3. The common measures which are applicable at present in the field covered by this Title shall remain in force until they are adjusted pursuant to Article 11a.
TITLE II
Promoting rural development and the structural adjustment of regions whose development is lagging behind
(Objective 1)
1. Within the context of its contribution to achieving Objective 1 referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Fund may finance measures for sustainable development of the rural environment, including developing and strengthening agricultural and forestry structures, and for maintaining, enhancing and restoring the landscape.
2. Fund assistance for regions designated under Objective 1 shall comprise, in particular, mesures intended to deal with the backwardness of agricultural structures.
Fund assistance for the measures referred to in Article 5 shall in the main take the form of operational programmes, including an intergrated approach, and global grants.
Financial assistance by the Fund may, in addition to the measures provided for in Article 2, relate in particular to the following mesures:
(a) the conversion, diversification, reorientation and adjustment of production potential, including the production of non-food agricultural products;
(b) promotion, quality labelling and investment for quality local or regional agricultural and forestry products;
(c) if their financing is not ensured by the ERDF in a Community support framework and while respecting the tasks of the Funds as set out in Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88:
- the development and improvement of rural infrastructure linked to agricultural and forestry development,
- measures to achieve diversification, especially those providing multiple activities or alternative incomes for farmers of either sex,
- the renovation and development of villages and the protection and conservation of the rural heritage;
(d) reparcelling, in conditions compatible with preservation of the countryside and the natural environment of farming and forestry holdings, and associated work, in compliance with the legislation of the Member State;
(e) individual or collective land or pasture improvement;
(f) irrigation, including the renovation and improvement of irrigation networks and small reservoirs with a particular view to a more rational use of water; the creation of collective irrigation works from existing main channels and the creation of small irrigation systems not supplied from collective networks; and the renovation and improvement of drainage systems;
(g) encouragement for tourist and craft investment, including the improvement of living accomodation on agricultural holdings;
(h) restoring agricultural and forestry production potential damaged by natural disasters, and the introduction of appropriate prevention instruments, especially in the outermost areas particularly at risk from such disasters;
(i) where their financing is not provided for under the accompanying measures adopted under the reform of the common agricultural policy;
- the development and exploitation of woodlands under the conditions laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1610/89 of 29 May 1989 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 as regards the scheme to develop and optimally utilize woodlands in rural areas in the Community (1),
- protection of the environment, maintenance of the countryside and restoration of landscapes;
(j) dvelopment of agricultural and forestry advisory services and improvement of agricultural and forestry vocational training;
(k) financial engineering measures for agricultural and forestry businesses and for businesses for the processing and marketing of agricultural and forestry products;
(l) measures in the area of agricultural and forestry technological research and development.
(1) OJ No L 165, 15. 6. 1988, p. 3.
TITLE III
Promoting rural development in the areas covered by Objective 5 (b)
Fund assistance for the measures referred to in Article 7 shall in the main take the form of operational programmes, including an integrated approach, and global grants and cover one or more of the measures referred to in Article 5.
Without prejudice to the particulars referred to in Article 11a (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, rural development plans shall include an identification of the problems of agricultural structures at a relevant geographical level. As a general rule, these plans shall last six years and may be updated annually.
TITLE IV
General and transitional provisions
In achieving the tasks set out in the second subparagraph of Article 3 (3) and as part of the assistance referred to in Article 5 (2) (e) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Fund may devote up to 1 % of its annual budget to financing:
- preparatory, ex ante appraisal, monitoring, ex post evaluation and information mesures, including technical assistance measures and general studies,
- pilot projects for adjusting agricultural and forestry structures and promoting rural development,
- demonstration projects, including projects for developing and exploiting forests and projects for processing and marketing agricultural products, to show the real possibilities of systems, methods and techniques of production and management which are in accordance with the objectives of the common agricultural policy,
- the measures needed for the circulation, at Community level, of the knowledge, experience and results of the work on rural development and improving agricultural structures.
Measures implemented on the initiative of the Commission may be financed, exceptionally, at the rate of 100 %; those implemented on behalf of the Commission shall be financed at the rate of 100 %. For other measures, the rates given in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 shall apply.
Where appropriate and through procedures suitable to each policy, Member States shall supply the Commission with information concerning compliance with Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88.
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Those portions of the sums committed for the granting of assistance in respect of projects decided on by the Commission before 1 January 1989 under Regulations (EEC) No 17/64 (1), (EEC) No 355/77 (2), (EEC) No 1760/78 (3), (EEC) No 269/79 (4), (EEC) No 1938/81 (5), (EEC) No 1941/81 (6), (EEC) No 1943/81 (7), (EEC) No 2088/85 (8) and (EEC) No 3974/86 (9) which have not been the subject of a request for final payment by 31 March 1995 shall be automatically released by the Commission by 30 September 1995 at the latest, without prejudice to those projects which are subject to suspension for judicial reasons.
(1) OJ No 34, 27. 2. 1964, p. 1586/64.
(2) OJ No L 51, 23. 2. 1977, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 204, 28. 7. 1978, p. 78.
(4) OJ No L 38, 14. 2. 1979, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 197, 20. 7. 1981, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 197, 20. 7. 1981, p. 13.
(7) OJ No L 197, 20. 7. 1981, p. 23.
(8) OJ No L 197, 27. 2. 1985, p. 1.
(9) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 9.
1
Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, with the exception of Article 1 (1), (2) and (3), shall not apply as regards the Fund, subject to the implementation of Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88.
1a
Without prejudice to Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, with a view to achieving the objectives referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and in the light of the rules laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and (EEC) No 4253/88 and of this Regulation, the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 of the Treaty, shall decide by 31 December 1993 on the adjustment of the Common measures financed under Article 2 of this Regulation.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
31997R0286 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 286/97 of 17 February 1997 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 286/97 of 17 February 1997 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2493/96 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and those rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas the Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32004R0607 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2004 of 31 March 2004 providing for reallocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003 and derogating from that Regulation
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2004
of 31 March 2004
providing for reallocation of import rights under Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003 and derogating from that Regulation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal(1), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003 of 27 June 2003 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for frozen beef intended for processing (1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004)(2) provides for the opening of a tariff quota from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 for 50700 tonnes of frozen beef intended for processing. Article 9 of that Regulation provides for the reallocation of unused quantities on the basis of the actual utilisation of import rights for A-products and B-products respectively by the end of February 2004.
(2) An operator submitted an application for import rights for 225 tonnes of beef for the production of A-products under Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003. As a result of an administrative error by the competent Danish authority, the application from that operator, forwarded to the Commission in accordance with Article 5(3), concerned 40 tonnes only. The national administration discovered the error only on completion of the procedure for the allocation of import rights referred to in Article 5(4) and notified the Commission accordingly. In order that the operator who submitted the application correctly should not be put at a disadvantage, the necessary measures should be taken to permit the competent Danish authority to remedy the administrative error in an appropriate way. Consequently, by derogation from Article 9 of the above Regulation steps should be taken, firstly, to reduce the overall quantity established in accordance with paragraph 1 of that Article by a quantity corresponding to the difference between the import rights which the operator could legitimately have hoped to receive on the basis of his application and the import rights which he actually received and, secondly, to provide that the competent Danish authority may allocate import rights to the operator concerned on the basis of the application which he submitted under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003.
(3) Taking account of this error has resulted in an administrative delay. The deadlines for application and communication referred to in Article 9(4) should be extended therefore.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
By derogation from Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003, the competent Danish authority is hereby authorised to allocate import rights for 72,199 tonnes of beef to the operator who submitted an application for import rights for 225 tonnes of beef but who, as a result of an error, was taken into consideration in respect of 40 tonnes only under Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003.
1. The quantities to be allocated in accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003 amount to 406,58 tonnes.
2. The breakdown referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003 shall be as follows:
- 321,20 tonnes intended for A-products,
- 85,38 tonnes intended for B-products.
By derogation from Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1146/2003, the date for application shall be 7 April 2004 and the date for communication shall be 16 April 2004.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31992D0331 | 92/331/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1992 accepting the Egyptian producer's undertaking in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of ferro-silicon originating in Poland and Egypt
| COMMISSION DECISION of 30 June 1992 accepting the Egyptian producer's undertaking in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of ferro-silicon originating in Poland and Egypt (92/331/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for in the said Regulation,
Whereas:
A. PROVISIONAL MEASURES
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1808/12 (2) imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports into the Community of ferro-silicon originating in Poland and Egypt and falling with CN codes 7202 21 10, 7202 21 90 and 7202 29 000.
B. UNDERTAKINGS
(2) All the producers concerned had been informed of the outcome of the investigation, but the Egyptian producer EFACO (The Egyptian Ferro-Alloys Co.,) gave an undertaking in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88.
(3) On the basis of recitals 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 1808/92, the effect of this undertaking would be to increase import prices in the Community by an amount considered sufficient, in the present circumstances, to eliminate the injury resulting from dumping.
(4) The Commission considers this offer to be acceptable, and so the investigation can be terminated in respect of the said Egyptian producer.
(5) The Commission nevertheless notes the very tense situation on the Community market in ferro-silicon. The Community authorities therefore need to keep a close eye on exporters' competitive behaviour on the Community market and on the Community industry's financial and trade situation.
(6) The Commission would also point out that where a undertaking has been withdrawn or where the Commission has reason to believe that it has been violated and where Community interests call for such intervention, the Commission may, in accordance with
Article 10
(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, apply provisional anti-dumping duties forthwith on the basis of the facts established before acceptance of the undertaking.
(7) When the Anti-Dumping Committee was consulted about acceptance of the undertaking, no objection was raised.
The undertaking given by the Egyptian producer EFACO in connection with the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of ferro-silicon originating in Egypt and Poland is hereby accepted.
This undertaking shall take effect from the day of entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 1808/12. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31996R2423 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2423/96 of 18 December 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2423/96 of 18 December 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 716/96 adopting exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2222/96 (2), and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 716/96 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2149/96 (4), adopts exceptional support measures for the beef market in the United Kingdom; whereas the Regulation authorizes the United Kingdom authorities to purchase bovine animals over 30 months old for slaughter and destruction in accordance with the conditions laid down therein; whereas these animals are slaughtered in particular on the basis of slaughter capacity and the age of the animal and not on the basis of a decision by the producer; whereas to encourage the slaughter of castrated male animals outside the annual 'off grass` period, Article 4c of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 has introduced a deseasonalization premium for this type of animal with a view to preventing market disturbances and recourse to intervention in the Member States concerned; whereas the animals slaughtered under Regulation (EC) No 716/96 do not qualify for intervention nor present a risk to market equilibrium; whereas a mechanism should therefore be introduced to make animals purchased in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 716/96 ineligible for the deseasonalization premium; whereas, to this end, the full payment of the purchase price should be made subject to an undertaking by the producer or his agent not to seek the deseasonalization premium, an obligation should be introduced whereby an amount equal to the deseasonalization premium is refunded where an application has been made and provision should be made for a reduction in the purchase price equal to the amount of the premium if the above undertaking is not given; whereas in cases where this reduction or refund mechanism is applied, the amount of the Community contribution should be adjusted as a result;
Whereas this Regulation should enter into force immediately to ensure its application to animals slaughtered from 1 January 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 716/96 is amended as follows:
1. The following paragraph is added after paragraph 2:
'3. Should the purchase referred to in Article 1 (1) involve a castrated male bovine animal, payment of the full price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be conditional on no application for a deseasonalization premium as referred to in Article 4c of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 having been made for the animal that was sold.
The producer or his agent shall undertake to ensure that this premium is not sought for the animal in question.
Should this undertaking not be given, the amount of the price to be paid in accordance with paragraph 1 for the animal in question shall be reduced by an amount equal to the applicable amount of the deseasonalization premium. Should an application for this premium be presented for this animal, the producer concerned shall be obliged to refund out of the price received for the animal an amount equal to the applicable deseasonalization premium. In these two cases, the rate of the Community contribution provided for in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the applicable deseasonalization premium.`
2. Paragraph 3 becomes paragraph 4.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply to animals slaughtered from 1 January 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007R0652 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 652/2007 of 8 June 2007 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 14.6.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 153/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 652/2007
of 8 June 2007
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information which has been issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not in accordance with this Regulation can, for a period of three months, continue to be invoked by the holder, under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of that table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31991R1967 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1967/91 of 4 July 1991 laying down certain indicative ceilings and certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in fruit and vegetables between Portugal and the other Member States
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1967/91 of 4 July 1991 laying down certain indicative ceilings and certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in fruit and vegetables between Portugal and the other Member States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 251 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90 of 11 December 1990 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in fresh fruit and vegetables between Portugal and the other Member States (1), and in particular
Article 8
thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3659/90 of 11 December 1990 on products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism during the second stage of Portuguese accession (2), oranges and apples other than cider apples are subject to the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) from 1 January 1991;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3819/90 (3) lays down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in fresh fruit and vegetables between Portugal and the other Member States;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90, the indicative ceilings provided for in Article 251 (1) of the Act of Accession should be laid down, for oranges and apples other than cider apples, for the periods during which the Portuguese market is to be considered sensitive within the meaning of Article 2 of that Regulation; whereas these ceilings have been laid down for onions and garlic until the end of 1991 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1437/91 (4); whereas these ceilings must reflect a gradual increase in trade flows between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and Spain on the one hand and Portugal on the other;
Whereas the amount of the security relating to STM licences referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90 should be fixed so as to ensure the proper functioning of these arrangements;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For oranges and apples other than cider apples falling within the CN codes listed in the Annex hereto the indicative ceilings provided for in Article 251 (1) of the Act of Accession and the sensitive periods for the Portuguese market, within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90, shall be as fixed in that Annex.
The amount of the security for STM licences referred to in Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90 is hereby fixed at ECU 8 per 100 kilograms net of the products referred to in Article 1.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31990R0844 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 844/90 of 30 March 1990 reintroducing the levying of the customs duties on women's or girls'suits and ensembles, products of category No 74 (order No 40.0740) and garments products of category No 78 order (No 40.0780 originating in India), to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3897/89 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 844/90
of 30 March 1990
reintroducing the levying of the customs duties on women's or girls' suits and ensembles, products of category No 74 (order No 40.0740) and garments products of category No 78 order (No 40.0780 originating in India), to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3897/89 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3897/89 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3897/89, preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II to individual ceilings within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of its Annex I and column 7 of its Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the same Annexes; whereas Article 11 of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be reintroduced at any time in respect of imports of the products in question as soon as the relevant individual ceilings are reached at Community level;
Whereas, in respect of women's or girls' suits and ensembles, products of category No 74 (order No 40.0740) and garments, products of category No 78 (order No 40.0780), originating in India, the relevant ceiling amounts, respectively to 64 000 and 151 tonnes; whereas that ceiling was reached on 19 March 1990 by charges of imports into the Community of the products in question originating in India a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling; whereas it is appropriate to reintroduce the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to India,
As from 6 April 1990 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3897/89, shall be reintroduced on imports into the Community of the following products, originating in India:
1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order No // Category (Unit) // CN code // Description // // // // // // // // // 40.0740 // 74 (1 000 pieces) // 6104 11 00 6104 12 00 6104 13 10 ex 6104 19 00 6104 21 00 6104 22 00 6104 23 00 ex 6104 29 00 // Women's or girls' knitted or crocheted suits and ensembles, of wool, of cotton or man-made fibres, excluding ski suits // 40.0780 // 78 (tons) // 6203 41 30 6203 42 59 6203 43 39 6203 49 39 6204 61 80 6204 61 90 6204 62 59 6204 62 90 6204 63 39 6204 63 90 6204 69 39 6204 69 50 // Garments, other than knitted or crocheted excluding garments of categories 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16,
(1) OJ No L 383, 30. 12. 1989, p. 45.
// // // // // Order No // Category (Unit) // CN code // Description // // // // // // 40.0780 (cont'd) // // 6210 40 00 6210 50 00 6211 31 00 6211 32 90 6211 33 90 6211 41 00 6211 42 90 6211 43 90 // // // // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31981L0333 | Commission Directive 81/333/EEC of 13 April 1981 amending Directive 79/490/EEC adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers
| ( 1 ) OJ No L 42 , 23 . 2 . 1970 , p . 1 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 375 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , p . 34 .
( 3 ) OJ No L 76 , 6 . 4 . 1970 , p . 23 and OJ No L 65 , 15 . 3 . 1979 , p . 42 .
( 4 ) OJ No L 128 , 26 . 5 . 1979 , p . 22 .
( 5 ) OJ No L 266 , 2 . 10 . 1974 , p . 4 .
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 13 April 1981
amending Directive 79/490/EEC adapting to technical progress Council Directive 70/221/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers
( 81/333/EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers ( 1 ) , as last amended by Directive 80/1267/EEC ( 2 ) , and in particular Article 13 thereof ,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/221/EEC of 20 March 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to liquid fuel tanks and rear underrun protection of motor vehicles and their trailers ( 3 ) , as last amended by Directive 79/490/EEC ( 4 ) , and in particular Article 3 thereof ,
Whereas , experience has shown that the current wording of item II.5.2 of the Annex to Directive 79/490/EEC relating to the rear underrun protection of vehicles in categories M1 , M2 , M3 , N1 , O1 and O2 is rather vague in respect of the width over which the requirement must be satisfied ; whereas this may lead to different requirements by different standardization services with the risk of contradictions with Council Directive 74/483/EEC ( 5 ) relating to external projections of vehicles in category M1 , and also of technical barriers to trade ,
Directive 79/490/EEC is hereby amended as follows :
The text of item II.5.2 of the Annex shall be replaced by the following text :
" II.5.2 . Any vehicle in one of the categories M1 , M2 , M3 , N1 , O1 , or O2 ( categories under the international classification set out in note ( b ) of Annex I to Council Directive 70/156/EEC ) will be deemed to satisfy the condition set out in item II.5.1 :
_ if it satisfies the conditions set out in item II.5.3 , or
_ if the ground clearance of the rear part of the unladen vehicle does not exceed 55 cm over a width which is not shorter than that of the rear axle by more than 10 cm on either side ( excluding any tyre bulging close to the ground ) .
Where there is more than one rear axle , the width to be considered is that of the widest .
This requirement must be satisfied at least on a line at a distance of not more than 45 cm from the rear extremity of the vehicle . "
Before 1 October 1981 , Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive , and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof .
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32006R1771 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1771/2006 of 30 November 2006 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 1.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 335/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1771/2006
of 30 November 2006
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in rice (2), and in particular Article 14(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 provide that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each of those Regulations and the prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 or in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 as appropriate.
(3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month.
(4) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(5) Taking into account the settlement between the European Community and the United States of America on Community exports of pasta products to the United States, approved by Council Decision 87/482/EEC (4), it is necessary to differentiate the refund on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 according to their destination.
(6) Pursuant to Article 15(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, a reduced rate of export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 (5), for the basic product in question, used during the assumed period of manufacture of the goods.
(7) Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However, Protocol 19 of the Act of Accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark provides that the necessary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is necessary to adapt the refund rate applying to cereals exported in the form of spirituous beverages.
(8) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 or in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 or in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 respectively, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 2006.
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32006R0863 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 863/2006 of 13 June 2006 adjusting the delivery obligations for cane sugar to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India for the 2005/06 delivery period
| 14.6.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 160/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 863/2006
of 13 June 2006
adjusting the delivery obligations for cane sugar to be imported under the ACP Protocol and the Agreement with India for the 2005/06 delivery period
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 39(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003 of 30 June 2003 laying down detailed rules of application for the 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 marketing years for the import of cane sugar under certain tariff quotas and preferential agreements and amending Regulations (EC) No 1464/95 and (EC) No 779/96 (2) lays down the detailed rules for setting delivery obligations at zero duty for products falling within CN code 1701, expressed in white-sugar equivalent, for imports originating in the countries that are signatories to the ACP Protocol and to the Agreement with India.
(2) These quantities were set, for the 2005/06 delivery period, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2006 (3).
(3) Article 7(1) and (2) of the ACP Protocol lays down rules for cases where an ACP State fails to deliver its agreed quantity.
(4) The competent authorities of Saint Kitts and Nevis and of Trinidad and Tobago have informed the Commission that they will be unable to deliver their agreed quantities in full and that they do not wish to have the additional period for delivery.
(5) After consultation with the ACP States concerned, a reallocation of the shortfall must therefore be carried out for delivery during the 2005/06 delivery period.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 180/2006 should therefore be repealed, and the delivery obligations for the 2005/06 delivery period should be adjusted in accordance with Article 9(1) and (2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1159/2003.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The delivery obligations for imports originating in the countries that are signatories to the ACP Protocol and to the Agreement with India in respect of products falling within CN code 1701, expressed in white-sugar equivalent, in the 2005/06 delivery period for each exporting country concerned, set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 180/2006, are hereby adjusted as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Regulation (EC) No 180/2006 is hereby repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32005R0836 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 836/2005 of 31 May 2005 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 June 2005
| 1.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 138/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 836/2005
of 31 May 2005
fixing the import duties in the cereals sector applicable from 1 June 2005
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 of 28 June 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards import duties in the cereals sector (2), and in particular Article 2(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 provides that the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff are to be charged on import of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation. However, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article, the import duty is to be equal to the intervention price valid for such products on importation and increased by 55 %, minus the cif import price applicable to the consignment in question. However, that duty may not exceed the rate of duty in the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) Pursuant to Article 10(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003, the cif import prices are calculated on the basis of the representative prices for the product in question on the world market.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 lays down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 as regards import duties in the cereals sector.
(4) The import duties are applicable until new duties are fixed and enter into force.
(5) In order to allow the import duty system to function normally, the representative market rates recorded during a reference period should be used for calculating the duties.
(6) Application of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 results in import duties being fixed as set out in Annex I to this Regulation,
The import duties in the cereals sector referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 shall be those fixed in Annex I to this Regulation on the basis of the information given in Annex II.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2005.
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31988D0112 | 88/112/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 December 1987 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (Only the Italian text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 December 1987
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures in Belgium pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85
(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(88/112/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/87 (2), and in particular Article 25 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Belgian Government has forwarded the Royal Decree of 12 March 1987, amending the Royal Decree of 3 March 1986 on aids for investments and for setting up in farming;
Whereas, under Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the Commission has to decide whether the conditions for a financial contribution by the Community pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 continue to be satisfied in the light of the compatibility of the said provisions with that Regulation and bearing in mind the objectives of the latter and the need to ensure that the various measures are properly related;
Whereas the abovementioned provisions satisfy the conditions and are in keeping with the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;
Whereas the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures,
Account being taken of the Royal Decree of 12 March 1987 amending the Royal Decree of 3 March 1986 on aids for investments and for setting up in farming, the regulations and administrative provisions adopted in Belgium with a view to implementing Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 continue to satisfy the conditions governing a Community financial contribution to the common measures provided for in Article 1 of that Regulation.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014R1117 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1117/2014 of 22 October 2014 on advances of direct payments to be paid from 16 October 2014 in Latvia and Lithuania
| 22.10.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 303/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1117/2014
of 22 October 2014
on advances of direct payments to be paid from 16 October 2014 in Latvia and Lithuania
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (1), and in particular Article 29(4)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 provides that payments under support schemes listed in Annex 1 to that Regulation are to be made within the period from 1 December to 30 June of the following year. However, Article 29(4)(a) of that Regulation permits the Commission to provide for advances.
(2) Article 29(5) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 provides that Member States may, from 16 October 2014, pay advances of up to 50 % of the direct payments under the support schemes listed in Annex 1 to that Regulation in respect of applications made in 2014.
(3) The decision of Russia to impose a ban on imports of agricultural products from the Union has caused severe financial problems in the agricultural sectors of several Member States, of which Latvia and Lithuania requested to be authorised to provide for advances exceeding the 50 % referred to in Article 29(5) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.
(4) In order to help to alleviate these difficulties by making it possible for farmers to absorb losses following the embargo until a stabilization of markets is obtained it is appropriate to allow for farmers in Latvia and Lithuania to receive advance payments of up to 70 % of the support schemes listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.
(5) According to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), the Commission may adapt the adjustment rate for direct payments until 1 December on the basis of new information in its possession. As a consequence, the adjustment rate of financial discipline referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) eventually applied may not be known by 16 October 2014. Therefore the maximum advances that can be paid should be set as a percentage of the direct payments before the adjustment referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. The balance payment as from 1 December 2014 should take into account the adjustment rate of financial discipline applicable at that time.
(6) In order to enable payment of the advances as of 16 October 2014, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
Latvia and Lithuania may pay, from 16 October 2014, advances to farmers of up to 70 % of the direct payments listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of applications made in 2014 without taking into account the reductions due to financial discipline provided for in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, provided that the verification of the eligibility conditions pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 has been finalised. The balance payment to be granted to beneficiaries as from 1 December 2014 shall take into account the adjustment rate of financial discipline applicable at that time for the total amount of direct payments in respect of calendar year 2014.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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32000R1382 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1382/2000 of 28 June 2000 determining the allocation of export licences for certain milk products to be exported to the Dominican Republic under the quota referred to in Article 20a of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1382/2000
of 28 June 2000
determining the allocation of export licences for certain milk products to be exported to the Dominican Republic under the quota referred to in Article 20a of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1040/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1596/1999(4), and in particular Article 20a(11) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1158/2000(5) opens the procedure for allocating export licences for certain milk products to be exported to the Dominican Republic from 1 July 2000 under a quota opened for that country.
(2) Applications submitted for the products referred to in Article 20a of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 cover quantities greater than those available. As a result, allocation coefficients should be set for the quantities applied for,
The quantities covered by export licence applications for the products referred to in Article 20a(3) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 submitted for the period 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 shall be multiplied by the following allocation coefficients:
- 0,626595 for applications submitted for the part of the quota referred to in Article 20a(4)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999,
- 0,636997 for applications submitted for the part of the quota referred to in Article 20a(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2000.
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32005R1724 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1724/2005 of 20 October 2005 on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of October 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003
| 21.10.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1724/2005
of 20 October 2005
on the issue of import licences for rice originating in the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories against applications submitted in the first five working days of October 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of 10 December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 (1),
Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (Overseas Association Decision) (2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 of 9 April 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 and Council Decision 2001/822/EC as regards the arrangements applicable to imports of rice originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (3), and in particular Article 17(2) thereof,
Whereas:
Examination of the quantities for which applications have been submitted shows that licences for the October 2005 tranche should be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages not covered and fixing the quantities carried over to the subsequent tranche,
1. Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first five working days of October 2005 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 638/2003 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for reduced, where appropriate, by the percentages set out in the Annex hereto.
2. The available quantities carried over to the subsequent tranche are set out in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October 2005.
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32005L0088 | Directive 2005/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2005 amending Directive 2000/14/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors (Text with EEA relevance)
| 27.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 344/44
DIRECTIVE 2005/88/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 14 December 2005
amending Directive 2000/14/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) has been the subject of a review by the Working Group on Outdoor Equipment, set up by the Commission.
(2) In its report dated 8 July 2004, this Working Group concluded that a number of the stage II limits due to be mandatorily applied as from 3 January 2006 were not technically feasible. However, the intention was never to restrict the placing on the market or putting into service of equipment solely based on technical feasibility.
(3) It is therefore necessary to provide that certain types of equipment listed in Article 12 of Directive 2000/14/EC, which would not be able to meet the stage II limits by 3 January 2006 solely for technical reasons, can still be placed on the market and/or put into service as from that date.
(4) The experience of the first five years of application of Directive 2000/14/EC has demonstrated that more time is needed to fulfil the provisions under Articles 16 and 20 thereof and highlighted the need to review that Directive with a view to its possible amendment, in particular with respect to the stage II limits referred to therein. It is therefore necessary to extend by two years the deadline for submission of the report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the Commission’s experience in implementing and administering Directive 2000/14/EC as referred to in Article 20(1) of that Directive.
(5) Article 20(3) of Directive 2000/14/EC provides for the submission, by the Commission, of a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on whether, and to what extent, technical progress allows a reduction of limit values for lawnmowers and lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers. In view of the fact that the obligations contained in Article 20(1) of that Directive are more prescriptive than those in Article 20(3), and in order to avoid duplication of effort, it is appropriate to include these types of equipment in the general report provided for in Article 20(1) of that Directive. Consequently, the separate reporting obligation in Article 20(3) of that Directive should be deleted.
(6) Since the objective of this Directive, namely, to ensure the ongoing functioning of the internal market by requiring equipment used outdoors to comply with harmonised environmental noise provisions, cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of the proposed action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this objective, in that its scope is confined to those types of equipment for which compliance with the stage II limits is presently impossible for technical reasons.
(7) In accordance with point 34 of the Interinstitutional agreement on better law making (4), Member States are encouraged to draw up, for themselves and in the interest of the Community, their own tables illustrating, as far as possible, the correlation between this Directive and the transposition measures, and to make them public.
(8) Directive 2000/14/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,
Directive 2000/14/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. The table in Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Type of equipment Net installed power P (in kW) Permissible sound power level in dB/1 pW
Stage I as from 3 January 2002 Stage II as from 3 January 2006
Compaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers) P ≤ 8 108 105 (6)
8 < P ≤ 70 109 106 (6)
P > 70 89 + 11 lg P 86 + 11 lg P
(6)
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders P ≤ 55 106 103 (6)
P > 55 87 + 11 lg P 84 + 11 lg P
(6)
Wheeled dozers, wheeled loaders, wheeled excavator-loaders, dumpers, graders, loader-type landfill compactors, combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks, mobile cranes, compaction machines (non-vibrating rollers), paver-finishers, hydraulic power packs P ≤ 55 104 101 (6)
(7)
P > 55 85 + 11 lg P 82 + 11 lg P
(6)
(7)
Excavators, builders’ hoists for the transport of goods, construction winches, motor hoes P ≤ 15 96 93
P > 15 83 + 11 lg P 80 + 11 lg P
Hand-held concrete-breakers and picks m ≤ 15 107 105
15 < m < 30 94 + 11 lg m 92 + 11 lg m
(6)
m ≥ 30 96 + 11 lg m 94 + 11 lg m
Tower cranes 98 + lg P 96 + lg P
Welding and power generators P
el ≤ 2 97 + lg P
el 95 + lg P
el
2 < P
el ≤ 10 98 + lg P
el 96 + lg P
el
10 > P
el 97 + lg P
el 95 + lg P
el
Compressors P ≤ 15 99 97
P > 15 97 + 2 lg P 95 + 2 lg P
Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers L ≤50 96 94 (6)
50 < L ≤ 70 100 98
70 < L ≤ 120 100 98 (6)
L > 120 105 103 (6)
The permissible sound power level shall be rounded up or down to the nearest integer number (less than 0,5, use lower number; greater than or equal to 0,5, use higher number)’
2. Article 20 shall be amended as follows:
(a) In the first sentence of paragraph 1, the words ‘Not later than 3 January 2005’ shall be replaced by ‘Not later than 3 January 2007’;
(b) Paragraph 3 shall be deleted.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2005 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
They shall apply those measures from 3 January 2006.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31987R3051 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3051/87 of 12 October 1987 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on certain threaded or tapped nuts falling within subheading 73.32 B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff originating in Singapore to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3051/87
of 12 October 1987
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on certain threaded or tapped nuts falling within subheading 73.32 B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff originating in Singapore to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, duties on the products listed in Annex II originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical surveillance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 14;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 14, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, causes, or threatens to cause, economic difficulties in the Community or in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may be re-established once the Commission has had an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be considered shall be, as a general rule, equal to 5 % of the total importations into the Community, originating from third countries in 1984;
Whereas, in the case of certain threaded or tapped nuts falling within subheading 73.32 B ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, the reference base is fixed at 2 553 000 ECU; whereas, on 29 September 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in Singapore reached the reference base in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas the exchange of information organized by the Commission has demonstrated that continuance of the preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community; whereas, therefore, customs duties in respect of the products in question must be re-established against Singapore,
As from 16 October 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Singapore:
1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 73.32 B ex II (NIMEXE code 73.32-91, 95, 97) // Threaded or tapped nuts // //
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31992R1461 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1461/92 of 4 June 1992 amending for the fifth time Regulation (EEC) No 2159/89 laying down detailed rules for applying the specific measures for nuts and locust beans as provided for in Title IIa of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1461/92 of 4 June 1992 amending for the fifth time Regulation (EEC) No 2159/89 laying down detailed rules for applying the specific measures for nuts and locust beans as provided for in Title IIa of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1156/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 of 20 March 1989 fixing the level of additional flat-rate aid for the formation of producers' organizations and the maximum amount applied to aid for quality and marketing improvement in the nut- and locust bean-growing sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 832/92 (4), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 832/92 amending Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 provides that under certain conditions the additional aid granted to nut producers' organizations may be calculated on the basis of the quantities of products marketed by the producers' organizations during the second marketing year following the date of their specific recognition; whereas the consequences should be drawn as regards the relevant provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2159/89 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3746/91 (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2159/89:
'Where the last paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 is applied, the quantities marketed relate to quantities actually sold during the second marketing year following the date of specific recognition.'
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32013R0994 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 994/2013 of 16 October 2013 amending Regulations (EC) No 952/2006, (EC) No 967/2006, (EC) No 555/2008, and (EC) No 1249/2008 as regards the communication and the notification obligations within the common organisation of agricultural markets
| 17.10.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 276/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 994/2013
of 16 October 2013
amending Regulations (EC) No 952/2006, (EC) No 967/2006, (EC) No 555/2008, and (EC) No 1249/2008 as regards the communication and the notification obligations within the common organisation of agricultural markets
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 192(2), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 (2), establishes common rules for notifying information and documents by Member States to the Commission. Those rules cover in particular the obligation for the Member States to use the information systems made available by the Commission and the validation of the access rights of the authorities or individuals authorised to send notifications. Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 also sets common principles applying to the information systems so that they guarantee the authenticity, integrity and legibility over time of the documents and provides for personal data protection. The obligation to use those information systems has to be provided for in each Regulation establishing a specific notification obligation.
(2) The Commission has developed an information system that allows managing documents and procedures electronically in its own internal working procedures and in its relations with the authorities involved in the common agricultural policy.
(3) Several communication and notification obligations can be fulfilled via that system, in particular those provided for in Commission Regulations (EC) No 952/2006 (3), (EC) No 967/2006 (4), (EC) No 555/2008 (5) and (EC) No 1249/2008 (6).
(4) In the interest of efficient administration and taking account of the experience, some communications and notifications should be simplified, specified or deleted.
(5) Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 foresees in its Article 100(2) a simplified notification when only zero values have to be communicated. Since the information system includes a simplified procedure for sending these notifications, the notification procedure of this Article is no longer necessary.
(6) In Regulation 1249/2008, a supplementary notification on the slaughter of cattle with a view to calculate the weighing coefficient referred to in its Article 18 should be established.
(7) Regulations (EC) No 952/2006, (EC) No 967/2006, (EC) No 555/2008, and (EC) No 1249/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 952/2006 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 58
Communications and notifications
The communications and notifications referred to in Article 5(3) and in Articles 12, 21 and 22 shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 (7).
In Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 967/2006, the following paragraph 5 is added:
‘5. The communications referred to in Article 4(3), in Articles 10 and 17 and in this Article shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 (8).
Article 100 of Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) the title ‘Communications’ is replaced by ‘Communications and notifications’;
(2) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(3) paragraph 2 is deleted.
Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 19, the following point (d) is added:
‘(d) the total number of adult bovine animals slaughtered in the previous calendar year broken down for each category, conformation and fat cover classes.’;
(2) the following Article 39a is inserted:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.
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31991R1434 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1434/91 of 28 May 1991 concerning the stopping of fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Spain
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1434/91 of 28 May 1991 concerning the stopping of fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Spain
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3926/90 of 20 December 1990 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1991 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 793/91 (4), provides for mackerel quotas for 1991;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;
Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of mackerel in the waters of ICES-divisions VII (excluding EC zone), V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII A, b, d, e, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain have reached the quota allocated for 1991,
Article 1
Catches of mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions II (excluding EC zone) V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, e, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Spain for 1991.
Fishing for mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions II (excluding EC zone), V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, e, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Article 2
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31980D0804 | 80/804/EEC: Commission Decision of 25 July 1980 concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the importation of fresh meat from Canada
| COMMISSION DECISION of 25 July 1980 concerning animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the importation of fresh meat from Canada (80/804/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 72/462/EEC of 12 December 1972 on health and veterinary inspection problems upon importation of bovine animals and swine and fresh meat from third countries (1), as last amended by Directive 77/98/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Whereas following a Community veterinary mission it appears that the animal health situation in Canada is excellent, stable and completely controlled by wellstructured and organized veterinary services, particularly as regards diseases transmissible through meat;
Whereas, in addition, by letter of 14 July 1980 the responsible veterinary authorities of Canada have confirmed that Canada has for at least 12 months been free from rinderpest, foot and mouth disease, African swine fever, classical swine fever, contagious porcine paralysis (Teschen disease) and swine vesicular disease and that no vaccinations have been carried out against those diseases during that time;
Whereas the responsible veterinary authorities of Canada have undertaken to notify the Commission of the European Communities and the Member States, by telex or telegram, within 24 hours at the latest, of the confirmation of the occurrence of any of the abovementioned diseases or the adoption of vaccination against them;
Whereas animal health conditions and veterinary certification must be adapted according to the animal health situation of the non-member country concerned;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
Member States shall authorize the importation from Canada of fresh meat of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats and domestic solipeds conforming to the guarantees laid down in an animal health certificate which accords with the Annex hereto and which must accompany the consignment.
This Decision shall not apply to imports of glands and organs authorized by the country of destination for pharmaceutical manufacturing purposes.
This Decision shall apply with effect from 1 January 1981.
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31994R1092 | Council Regulation (EC) No 1092/94 of 6 May 1994 allocating, for 1994, certain additional catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Norwegian waters north of 62 N and in Icelandic waters
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1092/94 of 6 May 1994 allocating, for 1994, certain additional catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Norwegian waters north of 62° N and in Icelandic waters
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (1), and in particular Article 8 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement on the European Economic Area, which entered into force on 1 January 1994, has given the Community and Norway and Iceland the opportunity to develop their cooperation in the fisheries sector, and to conclude supplementary Agreements on fisheries in the form of an exchange of letters (2);
Whereas under these Agreements, Norway and Iceland undertook to grant to the Community additional catch quotas for cod in Norwegian waters and for redfish in the Icelandic fishing zone;
Whereas allocation methods must take into account the interests of all Member States whenever new fishing opportunities are established in accordance with Article 8 (4) (iii) of Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92; whereas due consideration should be given to the economic and social cohesion of the Community, since it has acquired the resources in question within the framework of the Agreement on the European Economic Area;
Whereas the fishing activities covered by this Regulation are subject to the control and inspection measures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (3),
Vessels flying the flag of a Member State shall be authorized in 1994 to take catches within the geographical limits and subject to the quotas set out in Annex I, in waters falling within the fisheries jurisdiction of Norway north of 62° N without prejudice to catches already authorized for the same period by Council Regulation (EC) No 3692/93 of 21 December 1993 allocating, for 1994, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen (4).
Catches by vessels flying the flag of a Member State in waters falling within the Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone shall be limited for 1994 to the quotas set out in Annex II hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1994.
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31980L0051 | Council Directive 80/51/EEC of 20 December 1979 on the limitation of noise emissions from subsonic aircraft
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 20 December 1979 on the limitation of noise emissions from subsonic aircraft (80/51/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 84 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the draft Directive submitted by the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the programme of action of the European Communities on the environment (3) shows clearly the importance of the problem of noise and, in particular, the need to take action against noise due to air traffic;
Whereas the priority programme of the Council for the study of air transport questions refers to emissions from aircraft including noise;
Whereas aircraft noise should be reduced, taking into account environmental factors, technical feasibility and economic consequences;
Whereas an appropriate way to reduce this nuisance would be to fix a limit to noise emissions at source based on the standards specified in this matter by the International Civil Aviation Organization,
Each Member State shall ensure that any civil aircraft falling within one of the categories set out in Annex 16 to the Convention on international civil aviation, third edition (July 1978) and registered in its territory may not be used therein unless it has granted noise certification on the basis of satisfactory evidence that the aircraft complies with requirements which are at least equal to the applicable standards specified in Part II, Chapter 2, 3, 5 or 6 of that Annex.
1. The documents attesting noise certification within the meaning of Articles 1, 3, 4 and 5 may take the form of a separate noise certificate or a suitable statement contained in another document approved by the State of registry and required by that State to be carried in the aircraft, and shall provide at least the following information: (a) State of registry and registration mark of the aircraft;
(b) manufacturer's serial number;
(c) manufacturer's type and model designation;
(d) statement of any additional modifications incorporated for the purpose of compliance with the applicable noise certification standards;
(e) the maximum weights at which compliance with the applicable noise certification standards has been demonstrated;
(f) for aeroplanes for which application or certification is submitted on or after 6 October 1977 : the noise level(s) and their 90 % confidence limits at the reference point(s) for which compliance with the applicable noise certification standards has been demonstrated.
2. Member States shall recognize the validity of the documents referred to in paragraph 1 issued by the certifying authorities of a State of registry which is also a Member State.
1. Member States shall ensure that all civil propeller-driven aeroplanes with a maximum certificated take-off weight not exceeding 5 700 kg and all civil subsonic jet aeroplanes, if they do not fall within one of the categories set out in Annex 16 to the Convention on international civil aviation, third edition (July 1978), but use aerodromes situated in any Member State, are certificated in accordance with requirements which are at least equal to the applicable standards specified in Part II, Chapter 2 or 6 of that Annex when being newly registered in their territory. (1)OJ No C 178, 2.8.1976, p. 61. (2)OJ No C 299, 18.12.1976, p. 16. (3)OJ No C 112, 20.11.1973, p. 1.
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply from the following dates: - propeller-driven aeroplanes : at the latest six months after notification of this Directive,
- subsonic jet aeroplanes : at the latest one month after notification of this Directive.
3. By way of exception from paragraph 1, Member States may decide to agree to register the propellerdriven aeroplanes referred to in paragraph 1 from another Member State after the date indicated in paragraph 2, if they ensure that such aeroplanes operate only in their territory or in that of consenting States.
1. The following shall be exempted from the provisions of Article 3: (i) aircraft not satisfying the applicable requirements for noise certification when they can be equipped to these standards provided that: (a) suitable conversion equipment exists for the aircraft type in question;
(b) aircraft fitted with such equipment are capable of achieving the standards required for noise certification;
(c) such equipment is actually available ; and
(d) the operator has ordered the equipment;
the appropriate equipment must be fitted within not more than two years from the date of registration;
(ii) aircraft which have been used before 1 July 1979 by operators of a Member State under hirepurchase or leasing contracts concluded, at the latest, by that date, and which for this reason, have been registered in a State other than that in which they are used.
2. Member States may exempt from the provisions of Article 3 aircraft which do not satisfy the applicable requirements for noise certification in the case of: (a) aircraft which replace an equivalent number of aircraft which have been accidentally destroyed and which cannot be replaced by a comparable aircraft with noise certification available on the market, provided that the registration of the replacement aircraft is is carried out within one year following the destruction in question;
(b) aircraft of historic interest;
(c) aircraft in respect of which an operator demonstrates that the pursuit of his operations would otherwise be adversely affected to an unreasonable extent, provided always that in such cases they be removed from the register not later than 31 December 1984.
A Member State may, however, require aircraft covered by the exemptions provided for in subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this paragraph to comply with Article 3 if they use airports in that Member State. Member States which require such aircraft to comply with Article 3 shall so inform other Member States and the Commission.
1. Without prejudice to Article 1, each Member State shall ensure that after 31 December 1986 civil subsonic jet aeroplanes registered in its territory with a maximum certificated take-off weight exceeding 20 tonnes may not be used therein, unless it has granted noise certification on the basis of satisfactory evidence that the aeroplane complies with requirements which are at least equal to the standards specified in Part II, Chapter 2 of Annex 16 to the Convention on international civil aviation, third edition (July 1978).
2. The competent authorities of the Member States may grant temporary exemptions from paragraph 1 if the operator undertakes to replace the aeroplanes concerned by 31 December 1988 at the latest by other aeroplanes available on the market which comply with requirements which are at least equal to the noise standards specified in Part II, Chapter 3 of Annex 16 to the Convention on international civil aviation, third edition (July 1978).
In exceptional individual cases Member States may permit the temporary use on their territory of aircraft which cannot be put into service on the basis of the other provisions of this Directive.
Member States shall endeavour to take the appropriate measures to ensure that aircraft which are not registered in a Member State but which use airports in their territory meet requirements at least as stringent as those which the aircraft of the Member States subject to Articles 1 to 6 must meet.
1. Without prejudice to Article 3 (1), Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive not later than six months after its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Member States shall ensure that the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive are communicated to the Commission.
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32007R1413 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1413/2007 of 30 November 2007 fixing the coefficient of reduction concerning the area per farmer for which aid for energy crops is claimed for 2007
| 1.12.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 314/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1413/2007
of 30 November 2007
fixing the coefficient of reduction concerning the area per farmer for which aid for energy crops is claimed for 2007
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) No 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (1), and in particular Article 89(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 89(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishes a maximum guaranteed area of 2 000 000 ha eligible for aid for energy crops under Article 88 of that Regulation. Article 89(2) states that where the area for which aid is claimed exceeds the maximum guaranteed area, the area per farmer for which aid is claimed shall be reduced proportionately in that year.
(2) Under Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 of 29 October 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the support schemes provided for in Titles IV and IVa of that Regulation and the use of land set aside for the production of raw materials (2), the coefficient of reduction of areas is to be fixed before the payments are granted to the farmers and at the latest by 31 January of the following year on the basis of the data communicated in accordance with Article 3(1)(b) of that Regulation.
(3) In accordance with Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004, Member States have communicated to the Commission data on the total area for which aid for energy crops under Article 88 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 was fixed for 2007. Based on those communications, it has been established that the total area for 2007 was 2 843 450 ha.
(4) Since the above amount of 2 843 450 ha exceeds the maximum guaranteed area of 2 000 000 ha eligible for aid, it is necessary to fix the coefficient of reduction to be applied to the area per farmer for which aid is claimed for 2007.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
The coefficient of reduction to be applied to the area per farmer for which aid for energy crops under Article 88 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 is claimed for 2007 shall be 0,70337.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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31990R1306 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1306/90 of 18 May 1990 determining for the Member States the loss of income and the amount of the premium payable per ewe and per nanny- goat for the 1989 marketing year
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1306/90
of 18 May 1990
determining for the Member States the loss of income and the amount of the premium payable per ewe and per nanny-goat for the 1989 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), and in particular Articles 8 (3) and 35 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (2), and in particular Article 5 (10) thereof,
Whereas Article 35 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 repeals Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, with the exception of the measures provided for in Article 5 of the latter Regulation, which remain applicable to the premiums granted in respect of the 1989 marketing year;
Whereas Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 provides for the grant of a premium to offset any loss of income sustained by producers of sheepmeat and, in certain areas, of goatmeat; whereas those areas are listed in Annex III to that Regulation and in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1065/86 of 11 April 1986 determining the mountain areas in which the premium for goatmeat producers is granted (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3519/86 (4); whereas Article 5 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 provides for the possibility of the premium being granted to producers keeping females of the ovine species of certain mountain breeds other than ewes which are eligible for the premium in certain areas; whereas those ewes and areas are defined in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 872/84 of 31 March 1984 laying down general rules for the granting of premiums to sheepmeat producers (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1970/87 (6);
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, the loss of income represents, per 100 kilograms of carcase weight, any difference there may be between the basic price and the arithmetic mean of the market prices recorded for each region;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, the amount of the premium payable per ewe and per region is obtained by multiplying the loss of income referred to in paragraph 2 by a coefficient representing, for each region, the normal average annual production of lamb meat per ewe expressed per 100 kilograms of carcase weight; whereas, however, for region 5, that loss of income must be reduced by the weighted average of the variable premiums actually granted for the 1989 marketing year, such average being obtained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of that Article; whereas Article 5 (3) also fixes the amount of the premium payable per female of the caprine species at 80 % of the premium per ewe; whereas, pursuant to Article 5 (9), the amount of the premium per female of the ovine species, other than a ewe which is eligible for the premium, is also fixed at 80 % of the premium per ewe;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 the amount of the premium must be reduced by the impact on the basic price of the coefficient provided for in Article 9a (2); whereas that coefficient was corrected by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1305/90 of 18 May 1990 on the definitive application of the guarantee limitation arrangements for sheepmeat and goatmeat for the 1989 marketing year (7);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3120/89 (8) authorizes the Member States to pay an advance to producers located in less-favoured agricultural areas; whereas such an advance was paid during the 1989 marketing year to the producers in question;
Whereas the French Government has decided to come to the assistance of farmers whose holdings are located in areas which are not less favoured; whereas, to that end, the French Government has contemplated making an advance to them also, but out of national funds, of an amount corresponding to 50 % of the ewe premium which such farmers may claim at the end of the marketing year;
Whereas the French Government has notified the Commission of that planned national aid in accordance with Article 93 (3) of the Treaty;
Whereas the Council decided by decision of 25 September 1989 to regard the national aid in the form of a payment on account of the premium for ewes, granted by the French Government to French sheepmeat producers whose holdings are located in areas of France which are not less favoured, as being compatible with the common market, up to a rate of 50 % of the estimated premium and until the end of the 1989 marketing year;
Whereas the premium payable per eligible animal is paid only if the amount fixed per ewe is one ecu or more;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1873/80, the amount of the definitive premium and the balance to be paid in less-favoured agricultural areas should be fixed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
The loss of income recorded for the 1989 marketing year for the regions listed below is as follows:
1.2 // Region // Difference in ecus per 100 kg // 2 // 100,420 // 3 // 84,409 // 4 // 122,224 // 5 // 135,844 // 6 // 108,815 // 7 // 59,401
1. The amount of the premium payable per ewe and per region for the 1989 marketing year is as follows:
1.2 // Region // ECU // 1 // 18,578 // 2 // 18,578 // 3 // 18,992 // 4 // 21,389 // 5 // 10,338 // 6 // 19,043 // 7 // 13,001
2. The amount of the premium payable per female of the caprine species and per region in the areas listed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1065/86 for the 1989 marketing year is as follows:
1.2 // Region // ECU // 1 // 14,862 // 2 // 14,862 // 7 // 10,401
3. The amount of the premium payable per female of the ovine species other than an eligible ewe and per region in the areas specified in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 872/84 is as follows:
1.2 // Region // ECU // 5 // 8,270
1. In accordance with Article 5 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, the balance to be paid to sheepmeat producers located in less-favoured agricultural areas, and in the case of France to all sheepmeat producers, for the 1989 marketing year is as follows:
1.2 // Region // Balance of premium payable per ewe (in ECU) // 1 Greece // 8,523 // Italy // 8,525 // 2 // 8,525 // 4 // 9,940 // 5 // 6,227 // 6 // 8,898 // 7 Spain // 5,510
2. In accordance with Article 5 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, the balance to be paid to goatmeat producers located in less-favoured agricultural areas included in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 for the 1989 marketing year is as follows:
1.2 // Region // Balance of premium payable per female of the caprine species (in ECU) // 1 Greece // 6,818 // Italy // 6,820 // 2 // 6,820 // 7 Spain // 4,408
3. In accordance with Article 5 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, the balance to be paid to producers keeping females of the ovine species other than eligible ewes, located in less-favoured agricultural areas included in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 for the 1989 marketing year is as follows:
1.2 // Region // Balance of premium payable per female of the ovine species other than eligible ewe (in ECU) // 5 // 4,978
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31973L0079 | Council Directive 73/79/EEC of 9 April 1973 varying the field of application of the reduced rate of capital duty provided for in respect of certain company reconstruction operations by Article 7 (1) (b) of the Directive concerning indirect taxes on the raising of capital
| COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 9 April 1973 varying the field of application of the reduced rate of capital duty provided for in respect of certain company reconstruction operations by Article 7 (1) (b) of the Directive concerning indirect taxes on the raising of capital (73/79/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 99 and 100 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;
Whereas Article 7 (1) (b) of the Council Directive of 17 July 1969 (1) concerning indirect taxes on the raising of capital provides for the application of a reduced rate of capital duty to certain company reconstruction operations involving the transfer of assets;
Whereas provision should be made to permit the extension of such reduced rate to transactions whereby a company which is in the process of being formed or is already in existence acquires, in exchange for its own shares, a proportion of the shares in another company such that it obtains complete control of such other company ; whereas such transactions should be regarded in the same light, from the economic point of view, as the reconstruction operations to which Article 7 (1) (b) applies;
The following shall be inserted in Article 7 (1) of the said Directive:
"(bb) the rate of capital duty may be reduced by 50 % or more where a capital company which is in the process of being formed or which is already in existence acquires shares representing at least 75 % of the issued share capital of another capital company. Where the said percentage is reached by means of two or more transactions, the reduced rate shall apply only to the transaction whereby this percentage is reached and to subsequent transactions.
However, the amount of the duty which by virtue of this provision is not charged shall become due if the company which acquires the shares does not retain, for a period of five years from the date of the transaction qualifying for the reduced rate, at least 75 % of the share capital of that company and all the shares of the other company which it holds following that transaction, including shares acquired before the transaction and held at the time thereof. However, the reduced rate shall remain applicable if during the relevant period the shares in question are transferred in the course of a transaction qualifying for the reduced rate pursuant to the foregoing sub-subparagraph or to subparagraph (b) of this paragraph or on liquidation of the company which acquired the shares. (1)OJ No L 249, 3.10.1969, p. 25.
This reduction shall be subject to the condition that: - the consideration for the shares acquired shall consist exclusively of the allocation of shares in the acquiring company, although the Member States may extend application of the reduction to cases where the consideration for the shares acquired consists of the allocation of shares in the acquiring company together with a payment in cash not exceeding 10 % of the nominal value of these shares,
- both companies taking part in the transaction, the company acquiring the shares and the company whose shares are acquired, have their effective centre of management or their registered office within the territory of a Member State."
Member States shall ensure that the texts of the main provisions of internal law which they subsequently adopt in the field covered by this Directive are forwarded to the Commission.
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32003R0895 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 895/2003 of 22 May 2003 concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 895/2003
of 22 May 2003
concerning tenders notified in response to the invitation to tender for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market for cereals(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1163/2002(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1324/2002(5), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) An invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat to all third countries, with the exclusion of Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia was opened pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 899/2002(6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1520/2002(7).
(2) Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 allows the Commission to decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and on the basis of the tenders notified, to make no award.
(3) On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1501/95 a maximum refund should not be fixed.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
No action shall be taken on the tenders notified from 16 to 22 May 2003 in response to the invitation to tender for the refund for the export of common wheat issued in Regulation (EC) No 899/2002.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 May 2003.
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31985R2824 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2824/85 of 9 October 1985 laying down detailed rules for the sale of frozen boned beef from intervention stocks for export, either in the same state or after cutting and/or repacking
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2824/85
of 9 October 1985
laying down detailed rules for the sale of frozen boned beef from intervention stocks for export, either in the same state or after cutting and/or repacking
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,
Whereas certain intervention agencies have substantial stocks of intervention boned meat; whereas outlets exist in certain non-member countries for the products in question, in particular after cutting and repacking; whereas export of this meat, either in the same state or after cutting and/or repacking, should be authorized; whereas some Member States do not, however, at present have the necessary administrative structure for carrying out the checks applicable with regard to cutting and repacking operations; whereas such operations should therefore only take place with the approval of the competent authorities;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the sale of certain frozen boned beef which is held by the intervention agencies of the Member States and which is to be exported either in the same state or after cutting and/or repacking.
In addition to the particulars referred to in Articles 2 (2) and 8 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2173/79 (2), the trader must state, in the purchase application or tender, whether the meat will be exported in the same state or after cutting and/or repacking.
Traders who opt for export after cutting and/or repacking may, in their purchase application or tender, state whether they wish their application or tender to stand if the authorization referred to in Article 3 (1) is refused.
1. Cutting and/or repacking shall take place only with the authorization of the competent authorities.
2. The competent authorities may authorize the cutting and/or repacking of meat held by them only if:
- the meat to be cut and/or repacked is stored on their territory and
- the cutting and/or repacking is to be carried out there.
3. If the authorization referred to in paragraph 1 is refused the tender or application shall also be refused except where the provisions of Article 2 (2) apply.
The Regulation opening the sale and referring to this Regulation may specify products not elegible for refunds.
1. Where meat as referred to in Article 4 is cut and/or repacked it may not be mixed with the other meat sold.
2. Where meat is cut and/or repacked the bags, cartons and other packaging material containing it shall bear particulars enabling it to be identified, including the net weight and the type and number of the cuts.
3. Meat must be in the frozen state when it is cut and when it is repacked.
In the case of meat as referred to in Article 4 the removal order referred to in Article 6 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (3), and the documents referred to in Article 12 of that Regulation shall bear one of the following endorsements:
'Uden restitution [forordning (EOEF) nr. 2824/85]'
'Ohne Erstattung [Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 2824/85]',
'Chorís epistrofí (kanonismós (EOK) arith. 2824/85]',
'No refund [Regulation (EEC) No 2824/85]',
'Sans restitution [règlement (CEE) no 2824/85]',
'Senza restituzione [regolamento (CEE) n. 2824/85]',
'Zonder restitutie [Verordening (EEG) nr. 2824/85]'.
This endorsement shall also be entered in Section 104 of T 5 control copies.
The provisions of this Regulation shall apply to individual sales where the Regulation opening the sale makes appropriate reference to it.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31999R1972 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1972/1999 of 15 September 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1972/1999
of 15 September 1999
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 laying down the detailed rules for the implementation of the first stage of the programme of work referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market(1), as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/1/EC(2), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
(1) Whereas the re-evaluation of active substances already on the market two years after notification of Directive 91/414/EEC under Article 8(2) of that Directive is organised by the Commission in a collaborative and coordinated programme established in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1199/97(4), within which Member States undertake specific tasks contributing to the scientific and technical assessment which are the basis for regulatory decisions taken at Community level;
(2) Whereas it is necessary that any interested parties have access as early as possible to updated information concerning tests and studies on which claims for data protection have been presented as well as concerning tests and studies which may be required at a later stage in order to finalise the evaluation and decision making on the active substance concerned; whereas this information should be made available by the rapporteur Member State;
(3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 should therefore be amended to ensure access to such information to any interested parties;
(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
The second sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3600/92 is amended as follows: "The Rapporteur Member State shall make available at specific request or keep available for consultation by interested parties the following:
- the information referred to in point (d) of paragraph 1, except the elements thereof which have been accepted as confidential in accordance with Article 14 of the Directive;
- the name of the active substance;
- the content of the pure active substance in the manufactured material;
- the list of any data required for consideration of the possible inclusion of the active substance into Annex I to the Directive, first as contained in the rapporteur's report and secondly as finalised after the consultation by the Commission of the experts referred to in the next subparagraph."
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1999.
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31988R0053 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 53/88 of 5 January 1988 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of the Supplementary Trade Mechanism to wine sector products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 647/86
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 53/88
of 5 January 1988
laying down certain detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to wine sector products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 647/86
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 83 (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2297/86 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2159/87 (4), laid down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM); whereas certain rules specific to the wine sector should be laid down for the application of the mechanism;
Whereas at the beginning of each marketing year an estimate is drawn up on the basis of forecast production and consumption of the products in question in Spain and in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 52/88 (5) removed certain wine sector products from the list of those covered by the supplementary trade mechanism applicable to trade;
Whereas on the basis of the application of the abovementioned rules, and of the estimate in particular, indicative import ceilings as shown in this Regulation should be set and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 647/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to viticultural products (6) repealed;
Whereas the Community established, with effect from 1 January 1988, a combined nomenclature to meet the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the Community; whereas it is necessary to identify the goods by reference to the combined nomenclature;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
For wine sector products the indicative import ceilings as referred to in Article 83 (1) of the Act of Accession shall be:
(a) Indicative import ceilings for the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985:
(hectolitres)
1.2.3 // // // // CN code // Description // Indicative ceilings (1987/88) // // // // 2009 60 // Grape juice (including grape must) // // 2204 30 // Other grape must // 200 500 // // // // ex 2204 // Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, with the exception of: // // // - products of subheading 2204 30, // // // - wines, including sparkling and liqueur wines, classed as quality wines produced in specified regions // 500 000 // (6) OJ No L 60, 1. 3. 1986, p. 50.
(b) Indicative Spanish import ceilings:
(hectolitres)
1.2.3 // // // // CN code // Description // Indicative ceilings (1987/88) // // // // 2009 60 // Grape juice (including grape must) // // 2204 30 // Other grape must // 50 // // // // ex 2204 // Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, with the exception of: // // // - products of subheading 2204 30, // // // - wines, including sparkling and liqueur wines, classed as quality wines psr // 27 000 // // //
1. Where the combined nomenclature subheading specifies an alcoholic strength a 0,4 % vol tolerance shall be allowed for the purposes of validity of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) licence.
Licences for these products shall show one of the following in box 20:
- Tolerancia del 0,4 % vol,
- Tolerance 0,4 % vol,
- Toleranz 0,4 % vol,
- Anochí 0,4 % kat' ógko,
- Tolerance of 0,4 % vol,
- Tolérance de 0,4 % vol,
- Tolleranza de 0,4 % vol,
- Tolerantie van 0,4 % vol,
- Tolerância del 0,4 % vol.
2. Applications for STM licences shall show the colour of the wine or must in box 7.
Applications may be made for a licence covering several subheadings, by completion of boxes 7 and 8 in one of the following ways:
(a) Box 7: Grape juice (including grape must), concentrated, of a density of not less than 1,240 grammes per cubic centimetre at 20 °C
Box 8: ex 2009 60, ex 2204 30 91 and ex 2204 30 99.
(b) Box 7: Grape juice (including grape must), not concentrated
Box 8: 2009 60 59, 2009 60 79, ex 2009 60 90 and ex 2204 30 91.
(c) Box 7: Wine of fresh grapes
Box 8: ex 2204 10, ex 2204 21 and ex 2204 29.
The product description and subheadings shown in the application shall be carried over to the STM licence.
1. The period of validity of the STM licences referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/85 shall be four months from the date on which the application is made.
2. Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3388/81 (1) shall be applicable in the case of STM licences.
The security to be lodged against STM licences shall be:
1.2.3 // // // // CN code // Description // Amount (by net weight or volume) // // // // 2009 60 // Grape juice (including grape must) // 2 ECU/100 kg // 2204 30 // Other grape must // 1 ECU/hl // ex 2204 // Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, except products of subheading 2204 30 // 1 ECU/hl // // //
1. The provisions of paragraph 1, the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 2 and of Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3388/81 shall be applicable in respect of STM import licences.
2. In the case of products specified at points (c) and (e) of Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3992/87 (2), the period of validity of STM import licences and the security rate shall, except for fresh grapes other than table grapes, be the same as those specified in Articles 3 and 4.
Regulation (EEC) No 647/86 is repealed.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable with effect from 1 January 1988.
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32005R1374 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/2005 of 23 August 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Slovak intervention agency
| 24.8.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 219/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1374/2005
of 23 August 2005
opening a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by the Slovak intervention agency
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 (2) lays down the procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention agencies.
(2) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 (3) lays down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention.
(3) Given the current market situation, a standing invitation to tender should be opened for the export of 64 016 tonnes of barley held by the Slovak intervention agency.
(4) Special procedures must be laid down to ensure that the operations and their monitoring are properly effected. To that end, provision should be made for a security lodgement scheme which ensures that aims are met while avoiding excessive costs for the operators. Derogations should accordingly be made to certain rules, in particular those laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.
(5) To forestall reimportation, exports under this invitation to tender should be limited to certain third countries.
(6) Article 7(2a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 allows the successful exporting tenderer to be reimbursed the lowest transport costs between the place of storage and the actual place of exit, up to a certain ceiling. In view of Slovakia’s geographical location, this provision should be applied.
(7) With a view to modernising the management of the system, provision should be made for the electronic transmission of the information required by the Commission.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Slovak intervention agency shall issue a standing invitation to tender for the export of barley held by it in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, save as otherwise provided in this Regulation.
The invitation to tender shall cover a maximum of 64 016 tonnes of barley for export to third countries with the exception of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro (4), Switzerland and the United States of America.
1. No export refund or tax or monthly increase shall be granted on exports carried out under this Regulation.
2. Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 shall not apply.
3. Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the price to be paid for the export shall be that quoted in the tender, with no monthly increase.
4. Pursuant to Article 7(2a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the lowest transport costs between the place of storage and the actual place of exit shall be reimbursed to the successful tenderer, up to the ceiling set in the invitation to tender.
1. Export licences shall be valid from their date of issue within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 until the end of the fourth month thereafter.
2. Tenders submitted in response to this invitation to tender need not be accompanied by export licence applications submitted pursuant to Article 49 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (5).
1. Notwithstanding Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the time limit for submission of tenders under the first partial invitation to tender shall be 9.00 (Brussels time) on 8 September 2005.
The time limit for submitting tenders under subsequent partial invitations to tender shall be 9.00 (Brussels time) each Thursday thereafter, with the exception of 3 November 2005, 29 December 2005, 13 April 2006 and 25 May 2006, i.e. weeks in which no invitation to tender shall be made.
The last partial invitation to tender shall expire at 9.00 (Brussels time) on 22 June 2006.
2. Tenders must be lodged with the Slovak intervention agency:
Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra oddelenie obilnín a škrobu
Dobrovičova 12
SK-815 26 Bratislava
Tel. 421/-2-58243271
Fax 421-2-58243362
The intervention agency, the storer and a successful tenderer shall, at the request of the latter and by common agreement, either before or at the time of removal from storage as the tenderer chooses, take reference samples for counter-analysis at the rate of at least one sample for every 500 tonnes and shall analyse the samples. The intervention agency may be represented by a proxy, provided this is not the storer.
Reference samples for counter-analysis shall be taken and analysed within seven working days of the date of the successful tenderer’s request or within three working days if the samples are taken on removal from storage.
In the event of a dispute, the analysis results shall be forwarded electronically to the Commission.
1. The successful tenderer must accept the lot as established if the final result of the sample analyses indicates a quality:
(a) higher than that specified in the notice of invitation to tender;
(b) higher than the minimum characteristics laid down for intervention but below the quality described in the notice of invitation to tender, providing that the differences having regard to those criteria do not exceed the following limits:
— one kilogram per hectolitre as regards specific weight, which must not, however, be less than 64 kg/hl,
— one percentage point as regards moisture content,
— half a percentage point as regards the impurities referred to in points B.2 and B.4 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 824/2000 (6),
— half a percentage point as regards the impurities referred to in point B.5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 824/2000, the percentages admissible for noxious grains and ergot remaining unchanged, however.
2. If the final result of the analyses carried out on the samples indicates a quality higher than the minimum characteristics laid down for intervention but below the quality described in the notice of invitation to tender and the difference exceeds the limits set out in paragraph 1(b), the successful tenderer may:
(a) accept the lot as established, or
(b) refuse to take over the lot concerned.
In the case of paragraph 1(b), the successful tenderer shall be discharged of all obligations relating to the lot in question and the securities shall be released provided the Commission and the intervention agency are immediately notified using the form in Annex I.
3. If the final result of the sample analyses indicates a quality below the minimum characteristics laid down for intervention, the successful tenderer cannot remove the lot in question. The successful tenderer shall be discharged of all obligations relating to the lot in question and the securities shall be released provided the Commission and the intervention agency are immediately notified using the form in Annex I.
Should the cases mentioned in Article 7(2)(b) and 7(3) arise, the successful tenderer may ask the intervention agency to supply an alternative lot of barley of the requisite quality, at no extra cost. In that case, the security shall not be released. The lot must be replaced within three days of the date of the successful tenderer’s request. The successful tenderer shall immediately inform the Commission thereof using the form in Annex I.
If, following successive replacements, the successful tenderer has not received a replacement lot of the quality laid down within one month of the date of the request for a replacement, the successful tenderer shall be discharged of all obligations and the securities shall be released, provided the Commission and the intervention agency have been immediately informed using the form in Annex I.
1. If the barley is removed before the results of the analyses provided for in Article 6 are known, all risks shall be borne by the successful tenderer from the time the lot is removed, without prejudice to any means of redress the tenderer might have against the storer.
2. The costs of taking the samples and conducting the analyses provided for in Article 6, with the exception of those referred to in Article 7(3), shall be borne by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) for up to one analysis per 500 tonnes, with the exception of the cost of inter-bin transfers. The costs of inter-bin transfers and any additional analyses requested by a successful tenderer shall be borne by that tenderer.
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Notwithstanding Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, the documents relating to the sale of barley under this Regulation, and in particular the export licence, the removal order referred to in Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92, the export declaration and, where applicable, the T5 copy shall carry one of the entries set out in Annex II.
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1. The security lodged pursuant to Article 13(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 shall be released once the export licences have been issued to the successful tenderers.
2. Notwithstanding Article 17(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, the obligation to export shall be covered by a security equal to the difference between the intervention price applying on the day of the award and the price awarded but not less than EUR 25 per tonne. Half of the security shall be lodged when the licence is issued and the balance shall be lodged before the cereals are removed.
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Within two hours of the expiry of the time limit for the submission of tenders, the Slovak intervention agency shall electronically notify the Commission of tenders received. This notification shall be made by e-mail, using the form in Annex III.
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31999R0660 | Council Regulation (EC) No 660/1999 of 22 March 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 and fixing the premiums and guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by variety group and Member State for the 1999, 2000 and 2001 harvests
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 660/1999 of 22 March 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 and fixing the premiums and guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by variety group and Member State for the 1999, 2000 and 2001 harvests
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco (1), and in particular Articles 4(1), 8 and 9(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas a supplementary amount is granted for flue-cured, light air-cured and dark air-cured tobaccos grown in Austria, Belgium, France and Germany; whereas the Council decided to raise that amount from 50 % to 65 % of the difference on the basis of the 1992 harvest; whereas this increase is to be calculated on the basis of the difference between the premium granted for those tobaccos for the 1998 harvest and the premium applicable to the 1992 harvest; whereas Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 is not consistent with this; whereas Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 should therefore be amended;
Whereas the level of premiums should be fixed having regard to the objectives of the common agricultural policy and in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for the farming community; whereas the premium amounts should reflect past and foreseeable market outlets for the various tobaccos under normal conditions of competition; whereas the level of the premiums should be fixed for three consecutive harvests and be linked to the guarantee thresholds established for the three harvests in 1999, 2000 and 2001 in order to ensure that the stability of the sector is maintained;
Whereas the second paragraph of Article 8 and Article 9(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 provide for the allocation among producer Member States of guarantee thresholds for each variety group for three harvests as from the 1999 harvest;
Whereas the level of those thresholds for the three harvests in 1999, 2000 and 2001 should be fixed having regard, in particular, to market conditions and socio-economic and agricultural conditions obtaining in the production zones concerned; whereas such fixing should be done in good time to allow producers to plan their production for the said harvests;
Whereas, as a result of the increase in supplementary amounts for flue-cured, light air-cured and dark air-cured tobaccos grown in Austria, Belgium, France and Germany, the guarantee thresholds of these Member States should be reduced in order to ensure the maintenance of budget neutrality;
Whereas, while maintaining production potential and the allocation of quotas by Member States, quotas for varieties which have assured outlets and attract high market prices should be increased progressively to the detriment of quotas for varieties which are difficult to sell and attract low market prices;
Whereas the measures in question should be introduced as soon as possible,
Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 shall be replaced by the following:
'2. A supplementary amount shall, however, be granted on flue-cured, light air-cured and dark air-cured tobaccos grown in Austria, Belgium, France and Germany. That amount shall be equal to 65 % of the difference between the premium applicable to the 1998 harvest and the premium applicable to the 1992 harvest for those tobaccos.`
For the 1999, 2000 and 2001 harvests, the premium amounts for each of the groups of raw tobacco and the supplementary amounts specified in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 shall be as shown in Annex I to this Regulation.
For the 1999, 2000 and 2001 harvests, the guarantee thresholds referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 by variety group and by Member State shall be as set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
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31986L0508 | Commission Directive 86/508/EEC of 7 October 1986 adapting to technical progress for the second time Council Directive 77/728/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of paints, varnishes, printing inks, adhesives and similar products
| COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 7 October 1986
adapting to technical progress for the second time Council Directive 77/728/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of paints, varnishes, printing inks, adhesives and similar products
(86/508/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/728/EEC of 7 November 1977 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of paints, varnishes, printing inks, adhesives and similar products (1), as last amended by Directive 83/265/EEC (2) and in particular Article 11 thereof;
Whereas the reference made to the ISO standard in Explanatory Note 6 to Annex I to Directive 77/728/EEC should be changed;
Whereas Annex II to Directive 77/728/EEC lays down special provisions concerning the labelling of certain preparations, particularly paints and varnishes containing lead; whereas it is necessary to inform users of the harmful effects of lead on human health, especially in the case of children, and to minimize the lead content of the paints and varnishes available to them; whereas, under these circumstances, the numerical value laid down in point 1 of Annex II should be revised;
Whereas it will be necessary to revise this numerical value within a reasonable period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Adaption to Technical Progress of Directives relating to the removal of technical barriers to trade in dangerous substances and preparations,
Directive 77/728/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1. The reference number of the ISO standard in Explanatory Note 6 to Annex I is replaced by 'ISO 6713-1984'.
2. Point 1 of Annex II is replaced by the following:
'1. Paints and varnishes containing lead
Labels of packages of paints and varnishes containing lead in quantities exceeding 0,25 % expressed as weight of metal, of the total weight of the preparation, as determined in accordance with ISO standard 6503/1984 shall show the following particulars:
"Contains lead. Should not be used on surfaces liable to be chewed or sucked by children."
In the case of packages the contents of which are less than 125 millilitres, the particulars may be as follows:
"Warning. Contains lead."'
The numerical value in Article 1 (2) is a reflection of the current situation. Given the continuing developments in knowledge and technology, it will be necessary to revise it within a period of 24 months from the date of adoption of this Directive, and in any case not later than 31 December 1988.
Member States shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary to comply with the Directive before 1 September 1987. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply those provisions from 1 June 1988 at the latest.
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31989D0620 | 89/620/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 November 1989 concerning measures to assist the Belgian inland waterway fleet contained in the plan to restructure the Belgian inland waterway fleet (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 November 1989
concerning measures to assist the Belgian inland waterway fleet contained in the plan to restructure the Belgian inland waterway fleet
(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(89/620/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 93 (2) thereof,
Having given notice to the interested parties to submit their comments in accordance with the abovementioned Article,
Whereas,
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The Belgian Government is considering introducing, for the period 1987 to 1991, an aid regime for its inland waterway fleet under a plan to restructure the Belgian inland waterway fleet.
This regime provides for state aid in the form of interest relief on loans for boat-building, buying second-hand vessels and modernization; it also provides for boat-scrapping premiums, social benefits for early retirement or leaving the industry, and certain other benefits of a fiscal nature. An overall budget of Bfrs 775 million has been provided for, which does not, however, include the cost of financing the social measures.
Having been notified of this regime, the Commission proceeded to examine it under Article 92 of the EEC Treaty, as a result of which it decided that the aid in question, essentially aimed at renewing and modernizing the Belgian inland waterway fleet, without requiring of its recipients any definite reciprocation in terms of restructuring the sector, would consitute aid likely to affect trade and distort competition in a manner incompatible with the common market, and did not seem to meet the conditions for any of the derogations in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty. Consequently, the Commission decided to open the procedure provided for in the first paragraph of Article 93 (2), and to this end gave the Belgian Government notice to submit its comments in letter SG(88)D O3370 of 15 March 1988; the other Member States were informed on 25 April 1988 and other interested parties on 29 April 1988.
II
In letter P11/91/553/12.688 of 29 September 1988 from its Permanent Representative, the Belgian Government submitted its comments under the procedure provided for in Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty.
According to the Belgian Government the planned restructuring of the fleet was only to prevent its further decline so that the Belgian fleet could improve its competitiveness vis-Ă -vis the fleets of other Member States. This aid was indispensable to the sector's survival; the decline in both the quantity and quality of the Belgian fleet, which had deteriorated further since the plan was presented to the Commission, proved this.
The Belgian Government also stated that it was abandoning aid for building new boats and redirecting the sums earmarked for this to bolstering other types of aid envisaged in the plan. The plan's other components remained unchanged.
During the procedure, some Member States and a trade organization submitted their comments to the Commission, which then transmitted them to the Belgian Government.
III
The plan to restructure the Belgian inland waterway fleet would enable it, according to the Belgian Government, to become more competitive vis-Ă -vis other Member States' fleets operating in the same transport markets. The Belgian fleet's position in relation to its competitors was to be improved by modernizing existing vessels. This modernization would raise the productivity of these vessels, leading to an increase in capacity.
It should be noted that the inland waterway market is afflicted by a pronounced structural imbalance between transport supply and demand, due mainly to an overcapacity estimated at 20 % of the deadweight tonnage of the Member States' fleets. Moreover, the evolution of the market shows that, despite measures taken at national level by the countries affected, the current imbalance is not being corrected. It must be said also that the existing overcapacity is economically damaging to inland waterway freight carriers. Aid for modernization should also be assessed in terms of the system introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 of 27 April 1989 on structural improvements in inland waterway transport (1). This Regulation is aimed at reducing structural overcapacity by coordinating scrapping schemes in Belgium, Germany, France and the Netherlands and includes provisions to prevent existing overcapacity increasing or extra overcapacity entering service. With regard to this last aspect of the Regulation, modernizing measures are incompatible with the Community Regulation if they increase capacity. Since 28 April 1989 any carrier increasing capacity has been obliged to scrap an equivalent tonnage or to pay a special contribution to one of the national scrapping funds.
With regard to the interest subsidies for the purchase of second-hand vessels by Belgian carriers, this aid constitutes a distortion of competition detrimental to other Member States' carriers, because they are operating in the same transport markets as Belgian boatmen.
In view of these considerations, the aid in question is likely to affect trade between Member States and to distort competition, within the meaning of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty, by discriminating against the other fleets concerned and in favour of the Belgian fleet.
IV
The plan submitted by the Belgian Government envisages measures to scrap inland waterway vessels which should in principle lead to a reduction in current overcapacity. However, this reduction is not guaranteed because the plan includes no measures to prevent the effects of scrapping being cancelled out by increases in capacity.
The scrapping schemes provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89, include procedures different from those envisaged by the Belgian Government. They will become operational from 1 January 1990 and Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 imposes their cost on the carriers themselves. In view of this, financing scrapping schemes by State aid will be incompatible with the provisions of the abovementioned Regulation after 1 January.
V
Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty states that in principle, certain types of aid are incompatible with the common market. The derogations from this principle enumerated in Article 92 (2) of the Treaty are not applicable to this case in view of the nature and purpose of the aid envisaged.
Under Article 92 (3) of the Treaty, aid which may be considered to be compatible with the common market shall be assessed in terms of the Community and not of an individual Member State. In the interests of the sound working of the common market and taking into account the principles stated in Article 3 (f) of the Treaty, derogations from the principle of Article 92 (1) of the EEC Treaty enumerated in the third paragraph of that Article must be interpreted restrictively when any aid scheme or individual aid measure is being examined.
In particular, derogations can only by permitted if the Commission recognizes that the free play of market forces alone, in the absence of aid, is insufficient to prompt the aid's potential recipients to act to achieve the desired objectives.
Applying these derogations in cases where they do not contribute to such an objective or where they are not essential to its achievement, would give unfair advantages to industries or firms in some Member States, who would find their financial position artificially bolstered and would affect trade between Member States and distort competition, without being justified by the common interest referred to in Article 92 (3).
The Belgian Government has been unable to furnish, and the Commission unable to discern, any reason for classing the aid in question under any of the categories of derogations listed in Article 92 (3) of the EEC Treaty.
With regard to the derogations under Article 92 (3) (b), it is evident that the aid in question is not designed to promote a project of common European interest or to remedy a serious disturbance in the Belgian economy.
The Belgian Government has not even attempted to invoke such motives to justify the aid in question.
With regard to derogation under (c), the aid planned by the Belgian Government is not such that it would facilitate the development of certain economic areas within the meaning of this provision.
Finally, as regards the derogation provided for under Article 92 (3) (c), for aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities, it should be borne in mind that the aid in question, although facilitating the development of the Belgian fleet, does not facilitate the development of the inland waterway sector of Community
level and affects trade within the Community in a manner contrary to the common interest given that sector's current overcapacity.
To be covered by this derogation, restructuring of the Belgian fleet to meet the requirements of the inland waterway market should only involve measures guaranteeing that this restructuring would be accompanied by a reduction in current overcapacity. No such guarantee is to be found in the present plan.
Furthermore, it should be added that Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 on structural improvements in inland waterway transport envisages a common European approach to remedy the present overcapacity in the inland waterway sector, and that the Belgian plan is incompatible with the Regulation's provisions concerning the financing of scrapping.
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The plan submitted by the Belgian authorities also included aid for cessation of activity for boatmen who are at least 55 years of age and renounce all activity, both direct and indirect, in the industry. This aid could be paid, until the legal retirement age, in the form of a monthly allowance with a ceiling of Bfrs 30 000 per month, minus any early retirement pension. This measure of a social nature, even taken in isolation, is admissible on the basis of the derogation in Article 92 (3) (c), of the EEC Treaty. In effect, the cessation of activity by some boatmen, who will no longer be competing within the industry, could be regarded as contributing to the general improvement of conditions in the sector at both national and Community level.
The aid in question would not adversely affect trading conditions in a manner contrary to the common interest. Moreover, the social measures envisaged by the Belgian Government are covered by the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 concerning the measures which Member States may take to make it easier for inland waterway carriers leaving the industry to obtain an early retirement pension or transfer to another economic activity.
To conclude, the aid for Belgian boatmen envisaged in the plan to restructure the Belgian inland waterway fleet is, except for aid to leaving the occupation, incompatible with the common market and cannot be implemented,
The Kingdom of Belgium shall not implement the plan to restructure the Belgian inland waterway fleet, this plan being incompatible with the common market under Article 92 of the EEC Treaty.
The aid for the cessation of activity of certain categories of Belgian boatmen, contained in the said plan, may nevertheless be regarded as compatible with the common market. This aid may therefore be implemented in isolation.
The Belgian Government shall inform the Commission within two months of the date of this Decision at the latest of the measures taken to comply with it.
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31996L0059 | Council Directive 96/59/EC of 16 September 1996 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT)
| 24.9.1996 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 243/31
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 96/59/EC
of 16 September 1996
on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls
(PCB/PCT)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130s (1) thereof,
Having regard to the Commission proposal (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty (3),
(1) Whereas Council Directive 76/403/EEC of 6 April 1976 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (4) brought about an approximation of the laws of the Member States in this field; whereas those rules have not proved sufficient; whereas the state of the art has evolved to a point where disposal conditions for PCBs can be improved; whereas that Directive should therefore be replaced by a new Directive;
(2) Whereas Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (5) underlines, the need for a periodic review of the whole problem with a view to moving gradually towards a complete ban on PCBs and PCTs;
(3) Whereas the safe disposal of non-recyclable and non-reusable waste is one of the objectives of the Council Resolution of 7 May 1990 on waste policy (6), as confirmed by the Fifth Action Programme on the Environment and Sustainable Development, the approach and general strategy of which were approved by the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, in their Resolution of 1 February 1993 (7);
(4) Whereas in accordance with Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (8), appropriate measures must be taken to avoid the abandonment, dumping or uncontrolled disposal of waste, and the use of processes or methods which could harm the environment;
(5) Whereas in order to dispose of PCBs, because of the risks they present for the environment and for human health, general obligations concerning the controlled disposal of PCBs and the decontamination or disposal of equipment are necessary;
(6) Whereas such measures should be taken as soon as possible without prejudice to the Member States' international obligations, in particular those contained in PARCOM Decision 92/3 (9); whereas PCBs which are the subject of an inventory must be disposed of by the end of 2010 at the latest;
(7) Whereas the disposal of PCBs represents a transitional and temporary problem and some Member States which have no PCB disposal capacity face a force majeure situation; whereas the proximity principle should be interpreted in a flexible manner so as to permit European solidarity in this area; whereas, in addition, installations should be set up in the Community for the disposal, decontamination and storage of PCBs;
(8) Whereas Council Directive 75/439/EEC of 16 June 1975 on the disposal of waste oils (10) lays down 50 ppm as the maximum limit for the PCB or PCT content of regenerated oils or oils used as fuel;
(9) Whereas Council Directive 91/339/EEC of 18 June 1991, amending Directive 76/769/EEC for the eleventh time (11), prohibits or restricts the marketing of certain PCB substitutes, and whereas they too should therefore be disposed of completely;
(10) Whereas it is essential to know what quantities of PCBs exist in order to be able to match disposal capacity to needs; whereas it is therefore necessary to label equipment containing PCBs and to compile inventories of such equipment; whereas such inventories must be regularly updated;
(11) Whereas, bearing in mind the costs and technical difficulties entailed by an inventory of equipment slightly contaminated with PCBs, a simplified inventory should be used; whereas, in addition, provision should be made for equipment slightly contaminated by PCBs to be disposed of at the end of its useful life, bearing in mind the low risks it presents for the environment;
(12) Whereas the marketing of PCBs is prohibited, and whereas the separation of PCBs from other substances for their reuse and the topping up of transformers with PCBs should therefore be prohibited; whereas, however, on safety grounds, the maintenance of transformers may be continued in order to sustain the dielectric quality of the PCBs they contain;
(13) Whereas undertakings carrying out the disposal and/or decontamination of PCBs must obtain permits;
(14) Whereas the conditions for decontaminating equipment containing PCBs must be defined and whereas the equipment should be specifically labelled;
(15) Whereas certain technical tasks necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be carried out by the Commission, in accordance with the Committee procedure referred to in Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC;
(16) Whereas the number of PCB disposal and decontamination plants is small and their capacity limited and the disposal and/or decontamination of the PCBs inventoried must therefore be properly planned; whereas, moreover, outlines for the collection and subsequent disposal of non-inventoried equipment should be drawn up; whereas such outlines may, if necessary, make use of existing mechanisms concerning waste in general and need not take account of very minor quantities of PCBs which cannot be identified in practice,
The purpose of this Directive is to approximate the laws of the Member States on the controlled disposal of PCBs, the decontamination or disposal of equipment containing PCBs and/or the disposal of used PCBs in order to eliminate them completely on the basis of the provisions of this Directive.
For the purposes of this Directive:
(a) ‘PCBs’ means:
— polychlorinated biphenyls,
— polychlorinated terphenyls,
— Monomethyl-tetrachlorodiphenyl methane, Mono-methyl-dichloro-diphenyl methane, Monomethyl-dibromo-diphenyl methane,
— any mixture containing any of the abovemen-tioned substances in a total of more than 0,005 % by weight;
(b) ‘equipment containing PCBs’ means any equipment containing PCBs or having contained PCBs (e.g. transformers, capacitors, receptacles containing residual stocks) which has not been decontaminated. Equipment of a type which may contain PCBs shall be treated as if it contains PCBs unless it is reasonable to assume the contrary;
(c) ‘used PCBs’ means any PCBs which are waste within the meaning of Directive 75/442/EEC;
(d) ‘holder’ means the natural or legal person who is in possession of PCBs, used PCBs and/or equipment containing PCBs;
(e) ‘decontamination’ means all operations which enable equipment, objects, materials or fluids contaminated by PCBs to be reused, recycled or disposed of under safe conditions, and which may include replacement, meaning all operations in which PCBs are replaced by suitable fluids not containing PCBs;
(f) ‘disposal’ means operations D 8, D 9, D 10, D 12 (only in safe, deep, underground storage in dry rock formations and only for equipment containing PCBs and used PCBs which cannot be decontaminated) and D 15 provided for in Annex II A of Directive 75/442/EEC.
Without prejudice to their international obligations, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that used PCBs are disposed of and PCBs and equipment containing PCBs are decontaminated or disposed of as soon as possible. For the equipment and the PCBs contained therein, which are subject to inventory in accordance with Article 4 (1), decontamination and/or disposal shall be effected at the latest by the end of 2010.
1. In order to comply with Article 3, Member States shall ensure that inventories are compiled of equipment with PCB volumes of more than 5 dm3, and shall send summaries of such inventories to the Commission at the latest three years after the adoption of this Directive. In the case of power capacitors, the threshold of 5 dm3 shall be understood as including all the separate elements of a combined set.
2. Equipment in respect of which it is reasonable to assume that the fluids contain between 0,05 % and 0,005 % by weight of PCBs may be inventoried without the data required in the third and fourth indents of paragraph 3, and may be labelled as ‘PCBs contaminated < 0,05 %’. They shall be decontaminated or disposed of in accordance with Article 9 (2).
3. The inventories shall comprise the following:
— the names and addresses of the holders,
— the location and description of the equipment,
— the quantity of PCBs contained in the equipment,
— the dates and types of treatment or replacement carried out or envisaged,
— the dates of declaration.
If a Member State has already compiled a similar inventory, a new one shall not be required. Inventories shall be regularly updated.
4. In order to comply with paragraph 1, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the holders of such equipment notify the competent authorities of the quantities which they hold and of any changes in this respect.
5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any equipment which is subject to inventory under paragraph 1 is labelled. A similar label must also be affixed to the doors of premises where such equipment is located.
6. PCB-disposal undertakings shall keep registers of the quantity, origin, nature and PCB content of used PCBs delivered to them. They shall communicate this information to the competent authorities. The registers may be consulted by the local authorities and by the public. The undertakings also issue to holders who deliver used PCBs receipts specifying the nature and the quantity thereof.
7. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities monitor the quantities of which they are notified.
1. By way of derogation from Article 3 of Directive 75/442/EEC Member States shall prohibit the separation of PCBs from other substances for the purpose of reusing the PCBs.
2. Member States shall prohibit the topping up of transformers with PCBs.
3. Until such time as they are decontaminated, taken out of service and/or disposed of in accordance with this Directive, the maintenance of transformers containing PCBs may continue only if the objective is to ensure that the PCBs they contain comply with technical standards or specifications regarding dielectric quality and provided that the transformers are in good working order and do not leak.
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that used PCBs and equipment containing PCBs which is subject to inventory in accordance with Article 4 (1) are transferred as soon as possible to undertakings licensed pursuant to Article 8.
2. Before PCBs, used PCBs and/or equipment containing PCBs are taken by a licensed undertaking, all precautions necessary to avoid any risk of fire shall be taken. To this end they shall be kept away from any flammable products.
3. Where reasonably practicable, equipment containing PCBs which is not subject to inventory in accordance with Article 4 (1) and which is part of another piece of equipment shall be removed and collected separately when the latter equipment is taken out of use, recycled or disposed of.
Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit any incineration of PCBs and/or used PCBs on ships.
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that all undertakings engaged in the decontamination and/or the disposal of PCBs, used PCBs and/or equipment containing PCBs obtain permits in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 75/442/EEC.
2. Where incineration is used for disposal, Council Directive 94/67/EC of 16 December 1994 on the incineration of dangerous waste (12) shall apply. Other methods of disposing of PCBs, used PCBs and/or equipment containing PCBs may be accepted provided they achieve equivalent environmental safety standards — compared with incineration — and fulfil the technical requirements referred to as best available techniques.
3. Member States shall individually or jointly take the necessary measures to develop, if appropriate and taking account of Article 4 (3) (a) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93/EEC (13) and Article 5 (1) of Directive 75/442/EEC, installations for the disposal, decontamination and safe storage of PCBs, used PCBs and/or equipment containing PCBs.
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that transformers containing more than 0,05 % by weight of PCBs are decontaminated under the following conditions:
(a) the objective of the decontamination must be to reduce the level of PCBs to less than 0,05 % by weight and, if possible, to no more than 0,005 % by weight;
(b) the replacement fluid not containing PCBs must entail markedly lesser risks;
(c) the replacement of the fluid must not compromise the subsequent disposal of the PCBs;
(d) the labelling of the transformer after its decontamination must be replaced by the labelling specified in the Annex hereto.
2. By way of derogation from Article 3, Member States shall ensure that transformers the fluids in which contain between 0,05 % and 0,005 % by weight of PCBs are either decontaminated under the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 (b) to (d) or disposed of at the end of their useful lives.
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The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC:
(a) shall fix the reference methods of measurement to determine the PCB content of contaminated materials. Measurements effected before the determination of the reference methods shall remain valid;
(b) may fix technical standards for the other methods of disposing of PCBs referred to in the second sentence of Article 8 (2);
(c) shall make available a list of the production names of capacitors, resistors and inductance coils, containing PCBs;
(d) shall if necessary determine, solely for the purpose of Article 9 (1) (b) and (c) other less hazardous substitutes for PCBs.
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1. Member States shall, within three years of the adoption of this Directive, draw up:
— plans for the decontamination and/or disposal of inventoried equipment and the PCBs contained therein;
— outlines for the collection and subsequent disposal of equipment which is not subject to inventory in accordance with Article 4 (1), as referred to in Article 6 (3).
2. Member States shall communicate these plans and outlines to the Commission without delay.
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1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Directive not later than 18 months after its adoption. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
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1. This Directive shall enter into force on the date of its adoption and Directive 76/403/EEC shall be repealed with effect from that date.
2. With effect from the date referred to in paragraph 1:
(a) the reference in Article 10 (1) of Directive 87/101/EEC (14) to ‘PCBs and PCTs within the meaning of Directive 76/403/EEC ’ shall be construed as a reference to PCBs within the meaning of this Directive;
(b) the reference in Article 10 (2) of Directive 87/101 /EEC to Directive 76/403/EEC shall be construed as a reference to this Directive;
(c) the reference in Article 2 (j) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 to Article 6 of Directive 76/403/EEC shall be construed as a reference to Article 8 of this Directive.
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31997R1497 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1497/97 of 29 July 1997 amending for the fourth time Regulation (EC) No 581/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Belgium
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1497/97 of 29 July 1997 amending for the fourth time Regulation (EC) No 581/97 adopting exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat in Belgium
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas, because of the outbreak of classical swine fever in certain bordering regions in the Netherlands, exceptional support measures for the market in pigmeat were adopted for Belgium by Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1066/97 (4);
Whereas, because of the outbreak of classical swine fever in several production regions in Belgium and the introduction of protection and surveillance zones by the Belgian authorities, the exceptional support measures for the market should be extended to the new zones; whereas, to that end, it is necessary to increase the number of pigs for fattening and piglets that may be bought in by the intervention agency and to replace Annex II laying down the eligible zones by a new Annex;
Whereas the rapid and efficient application of exceptional measures to support the market is one of the best instruments for combating the spread of classical swine fever; whereas the application of this Regulation from 16 July 1997 is therefore justified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EC) No 581/97 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Annex I is replaced by Annex I hereto.
2. Annex II is replaced by Annex II hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 16 July 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31998D0013 | Decision of the European Central Bank of 1 December 1998 on the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB/1998/13)
| DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 1 December 1998
on the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for the capital of the European Central Bank
(ECB/1998/13)
(1999/331/EC)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to Article 29 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter referred to as the "Statute"),
Whereas Article 2 of the ECB Decision of 9 June 1998 (ECB/1998/1)(1) on the method to be applied for determining the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for the capital of the European Central Bank stipulates that the key may be revised before the start of Stage Three in the event that the Commission provides revised statistical data to be used for the determination of the key before December 1998 which would result in a change of 0,01 % or more in an NCB's share;
Whereas revised statistical data to be used for the determination of the key were provided by the Commission of the European Communities in November 1998 in accordance with the rules adopted by the EU Council on 5 June 1998(2);
Whereas the weightings of the national central banks (NCBs) in the key have to be adjusted as the revised data result in a change of 0,01 % or more in an NCB's share;
Whereas, in the event that the figures provided by the Commission of the European Communities do not sum to 100 %, the deviation shall be accommodated by adding 0,0001 percentage point, in ascending order, to the smallest share(s) until exactly 100 % is reached, if the initial total were below 100 %,
The weightings of the NCBs in the key referred to in Article 29.1 of the Statute shall be as follows:
>TABLE>
1. This Decision shall replace the ECB Decision of 9 June 1998 on the method to be applied for determining the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for the caital of the European Central Bank (ECB/1998/1).
2. This Decision shall take retroactive effect from 1 June 1998. The Executive Board of the European Central Bank is hereby empowered to take all necessary measures to effect adjustments of the amounts which have already been paid by the NCBs under the ECB Decision of 9 June 1998 laying down the measures necessary for the paying-up of the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB/1998/2).
3. This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
32004R1016 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1016/2004 of 25 May 2004 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
| 26.5.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 187/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1016/2004
of 25 May 2004
establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 4(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto.
(2) In compliance with the above criteria, the standard import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation,
The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31984R3454 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3454/84 of 5 December 1984 amending for the eighth time Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 laying down conditions for the entry of flue-cured Virginia type, light air-cured Burley type (including Burley hybrids), light air-cured Maryland type and fire-cured tobacco, falling within subheading 24.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3454/84
of 5 December 1984
amending for the eighth time Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 laying down conditions for the entry of flue-cured Virginia type, light air-cured Burley type (including Burley hybrids), light air-cured Maryland type and fire-cured tobacco, falling within subheading 24.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,
Whereas it is appropriate to extend from 31 December 1984 to 31 December 1985 the validity of the provisions laid down for tobacco originating in countries or territories which benefit from the generalized system of preferences;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to make appropriate amendments to Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3390/83 (4);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
In Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79, '31 December 1984' is hereby replaced by '31 December 1985'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1985.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31991R3059 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3059/91 of 18 October 1991 laying down definitive measures on the issuing of STM licences for beef and veal in trade with Portugal
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3059/91 of 18 October 1991 laying down definitive measures on the issuing of STM licences for beef and veal in trade with Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 252 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3815/90 of 19 December 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism for certain beef and veal products intended for Portugal (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 840/91 (4), sets the annual indicative ceiling for imports into Portugal of certain beef and veal products;
Whereas STM licences issued in response to applications lodged from 9 to 13 September 1991 have exhausted that fraction of the indicative ceiling set aside for the third quarter of 1991 for fresh and chilled meat;
Whereas the Commission had already adopted, by an emergency procedure, appropriate interim protective measures by Regulations (EEC) No 2132/91 (5), (EEC) No 2438/91 (6) and (EEC) No 2577/91 (7); whereas definitive measures must be adopted; whereas, in view of the situation of the market in Portugal, an increase in the indicative ceiling cannot be contemplated;
Whereas, as a definitive measure as referred to in Article 252 (1) of the Act of Accession, the issue of STM licences should be definitively discontinued in order to prevent any disturbance on the Portuguese market;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,
For fresh and chilled meat:
1. the issuing of STM Portugal licences is suspended until 6 October 1991;
2. further applications for STM Portugal licences may be lodged from 23 September 1991.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010R0241 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 241/2010 of 8 March 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the inclusion of Belarus in the list of third countries set out in that Regulation in order to permit transit from Belarus through the Union of eggs and egg products for human consumption and modifying certification for day-old chicks of poultry other than ratites (Text with EEA relevance)
| 24.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 77/1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 241/2010
of 8 March 2010
amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 as regards the inclusion of Belarus in the list of third countries set out in that Regulation in order to permit transit from Belarus through the Union of eggs and egg products for human consumption and modifying certification for day-old chicks of poultry other than ratites
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (1), and in particular Article 26(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (2) and in particular Article 8 and Article 9(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 2009/158/EC lays down the animal health conditions governing trade within the Union and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs and provides for model certificates for imports of these commodities.
(2) Directive 2002/99/EC lays down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption and provides for establishing specific rules and certification for transit.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down a list of third countries, territories, zones or compartments from which poultry and poultry products may be imported into and transit through the Community and the veterinary certification requirements (3) provides that the commodities covered by it are only to be imported into and transited through the Union from the third countries, territories, zones or compartments listed in the table in Part 1 of Annex I thereto. It also lays down the veterinary certification requirements for such commodities. The models of the veterinary certificates to accompany them are set out in Part 2 of that Annex.
(4) Belarus is currently not listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. It has requested to be included in that list and has submitted information to the Commission concerning its compliance with the requirements of that Regulation.
(5) The Commission has taken a positive view of the information submitted by Belarus as regards the animal health conditions in that third country required for transit of eggs and egg products for human consumption through the Union. Therefore, it is appropriate to include that third country in the list set out in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008. However, pending the outcome of an inspection to be carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office in Belarus, the inclusion in the list should be limited to the transit of eggs and egg products for human consumption from that third country through the Union with the final destination in other third countries as the animal health risk from such introduction is very low. Such authorisation should be granted subject to the additional guarantee that the transit is carried out by road or by rail in lorries or railway wagons which have been sealed with a serially numbered seal.
(6) As this is intended to be an interim measure it should only remain in force for 18 months from the date of entry into force.
(7) The entry for Belarus should therefore be inserted in the list in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 and a new entry in the section ‘Additional guarantees’ in Part 2 of Annex I should be added.
(8) Experience has shown that certification of the animal health conditions of day-old chicks by the official veterinarian at the time of consignment for imports into the Union can pose practical problems to third country competent authorities.
(9) In order to take into account the production practices and certification procedures while ensuring that the necessary animal health conditions continue to be met, the model veterinary certificate for day-old chicks in Part 2 of Annex I should be modified.
(10) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(11) It is appropriate to provide for a transitional period to permit Member States and industry to take the necessary measures to comply with the applicable veterinary certification requirements provided for in this Regulation.
(12) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Commodities in respect of which the relevant veterinary certificates have been issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 798/2008 may continue to be imported into or transited through the Union until 1 June 2010.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0.666667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997R0455 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 455/97 of 10 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreement between the Community and the Republic of Slovenia
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 455/97 of 10 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreement between the Community and the Republic of Slovenia
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 410/97 of 24 February 1997 on certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreement on Trade and Trade-Related Measures between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Whereas an Interim Agreement on trade and accompanying measures between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as 'the Agreement`, signed in Brussels on 11 November 1996 (2), provides that, pending the entry into force of the Europe Agreement, the provisions of the latter Agreement as regards trade and accompanying measures are to enter into force, and whereas those provisions are to apply temporarily from 1 January 1997;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 410/97 introduces arrangements for reducing import duties on certain products including milk and milk products; whereas detailed rules of application should be adopted with a view to administering the arrangements concerned; whereas those detailed rules are either supplementary to or derogate from, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 (4);
Whereas, in order to ensure proper administration of imports, a security should be required for applications for import licences and certain conditions should be laid down as regards applications for licences; whereas the fixed amounts should be staggered over the year and the procedure for awarding licences as well as their term of validity should be specified;
Whereas continuous access to the said fixed amounts should be ensured for all Community importers and the reduced duty rate should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question in all the Member States until the fixed amounts are exhausted; whereas the necessary measures should be taken to ensure efficient Community administration of those fixed amounts and, because of the risk of speculation in particular, access by importers to the said scheme should be subject to compliance with specific conditions; whereas this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Within the framework of Article 15 (2) of the Agreement with Slovenia all imports into the Community of milk products falling within the CN codes listed in Annex I hereto shall be subject to the presentation of import licences issued and applied for under the terms set out herein.
The quantities of products to which these arrangements apply and the rate of reduction in the duty shall be those listed in Annex I hereto.
From 1 January 1997 (with the exception of cheese falling within CN code 0406 90), the quantities referred to in Annex I shall be staggered over the year as follows:
- 25 % in the period 1 January to 31 March,
- 25 % in the period 1 April to 30 June,
- 25 % in the period 1 July to 30 September,
- 25 % in the period 1 October to 31 December.
From 1 January 1997 the quantities referred to in Annex I in respect of cheeses falling within CN code 0406 90 shall be staggered over the year as follows:
- 50 % in the period 1 January to 30 June,
- 50% in the period 1 July to 31 December.
For the purpose of the import arrangements referred to in Article 1 the following provisions shall apply:
(a) at the time applications are submitted, applicants for import licences must prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities of the Member States concerned that they have been trading in milk or milk products for at least the last twelve months. However, retail establishments or restaurants selling their products to final consumers are excluded from the benefits of this scheme;
(b) licence applications may relate to only one of the CN codes listed in Annex I hereto.
Licence applications must relate to at least ten tonnes and to a maximum of 25 % of the quantity available for the product concerned for the period as specified in Article 2, for which the application for a licence is lodged;
(c) section 8 of licence applications and licences shall show the country of origin; licences shall carry with them an obligation to import from the country indicated;
(d) section 20 of licence applications and licences shall show one of the following:
- Reglamento (CE) n° 455/97
- Forordning (EF) nr. 455/97
- Verordnung (EG) Nr. 455/97
- Êáíïíéóìueò (AAÊ) áñéè. 455/97
- Regulation (EC) No 455/97
- Règlement (CE) n° 455/97
- Regolamento (CE) n. 455/97
- Verordening (EG) nr. 455/97
- Regulamento (CE) nº 455/97
- Asetus (EY) N:o 455/97
- Foerordning (EG) nr 455/97;
(e) section 24 of licences should show one of the following:
- Reducción del derecho de aduana establecida en el Reglamento (CE) n° 455/97
- Nedsaettelse af toldsatsen, jf. forordning (EF) nr. 455/97
- Zollermaessigung gemaess der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 455/97
- Ìaassùóç ôïõ aeáóìïý ueðùò ðñïâëÝðaaôáé áðue ôïí êáíïíéóìue (AAÊ) áñéè. 455/97
- Duty rate reduced in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 455/97
- Réduction du taux de droit de douane prévue par le règlement (CE) n° 455/97
- Riduzione del dazio doganale a norma del regolamento (CE) n. 455/97
- Douanerecht verlaagd overeenkomstig Verordening (EG) nr. 455/97
- Redução da taxa de direito aduaneiro prevista no Regulamento (CE) nº 455/97
- Vaehennetty tullimaksu asetuksen (EY) N:o 455/97 mukaisesti
- Nedsaettning av tullsatsen enligt foerordning (EG) nr 455/97.
1. Licence applications may be lodged only during the first ten days of each period as specified in Article 2.
However, for the quantities available for the first two periods in 1997 referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 2 and for the quantities of cheeses falling within CN code 0406 90 available for the first period in 1997 referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 2, licence applications may be submitted only during the first ten days of April 1997.
2. Licence applications shall only be admissible where the applicant declares in writing that he has not submitted, and undertakes not to submit, any other applications in respect of the current period concerning the same product by code in the Member State in which his application is lodged or in other Member States; where the same interested party submits more than one application relating to the same product, all applications from that person shall be inadmissible.
3. The Member States shall notify the Commission, on the third working day following the end of the application submission period, of applications lodged for each of the products listed in Annex I. Such notification shall comprise the list of applicants and the quantities applied for by CN code. All notifications, including notifications of nil applications, shall be made by telex or fax on the working day stipulated, in accordance with the models set out in Annex II hereto where no application is made and with the models set out in Annexes II and III where applications have been made.
4. The Commission shall decide as soon as possible to what extent quantities may be awarded in respect of applications as referred to in Article 3.
If quantities in respect of which licences have been applied for exceed the quantities available in respect of each CN code, the Commission shall fix a single percentage reduction in the quantities applied for. If the quantity obtained by applying that percentage is deemed insufficient by the applicant, he may refrain from using the licence. In that case he shall notify the competent authority of this decision within three working days following publication of the decision referred to in the previous subparagraph. The competent authority shall inform the Commission forthwith of this notification.
Where the overall quantity for which applications have been submitted is less than the quantity available in respect of each CN code, the Commission shall calculate the quantity remaining which shall be added to the quantity available in respect of the following period.
5. The licences shall be issued as soon as possible after the Commission has taken its decision.
Pursuant to Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, import licences shall be valid for 60 days from the date of actual issue.
However, licences shall not be valid after 31 December of the year in which they are issued.
Import licences issued pursuant to this Regulation shall not be transferable.
A security of ECU 36 per 100 kilograms shall be lodged for import licence applications for all products referred to in Article 1.
Without prejudice to this Regulation, Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 shall apply.
However, Article 8 (4) of that Regulation notwithstanding, the quantity imported under this Regulation may not exceed that indicated in sections 17 and 18 of the import licence. The figure '0` shall be entered to that effect in section 19 of the said licence.
The products shall be placed in free circulation on presentation of an EUR 1 certification issued by the exporting company in accordance with Protocol 4 annexed to the Interim Agreement.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0.333333 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31997R2468 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2468/97 of 11 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1324/96 establishing the supply balance for the Azores and Madeira in the rice products sector
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2468/97 of 11 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1324/96 establishing the supply balance for the Azores and Madeira in the rice products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/96 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas the common detailed rules for the implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products of the Azores and Madeira are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2596/93 (4);
Whereas, for the purposes of applying Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92, the forecast supply balance for the Azores and Madeira should be drawn up for rice sector products on the basis of the islands' requirements;
Whereas, pending a communication from the competent authorities updating the requirements for Madeira and in order to avoid a break in the application of the specific supply arrangements, the balance was drawn up for the period 1 July to 31 December 1997 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1353/97 (5); whereas the balance for the whole of the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 has been drawn up following the presentation of data on Madeira's requirements by the Portuguese authorities; whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1324/96 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1353/97, should accordingly be replaced by the Annex hereto;
Whereas the supply balances provided for in the specific supply arrangements are drawn up for the period 1 July to 30 June; whereas the definitive supply balance for the period 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998 should therefore apply from the start of that period, i.e. 1 July 1997;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1324/96 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32010D0750 | 2010/750/EU: Commission Decision of 3 December 2010 laying down the final balance to be paid or recovered at programme closure in the field of transitional rural development programmes financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) by Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia (notified under document C(2010) 8471)
| 4.12.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 318/49
COMMISSION DECISION
of 3 December 2010
laying down the final balance to be paid or recovered at programme closure in the field of transitional rural development programmes financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) by Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia
(notified under document C(2010) 8471)
(Only the Estonian, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish and Slovak texts are authentic)
(2010/750/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2004 of 5 January 2004 laying down transitional detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 as regards the financing by the EAGGF Guarantee Section of rural development measures in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (1) and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the structural funds (2), and in particular Article 32(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (3), and in particular 47(3) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2009/984/EU (4) laid down the final balance to be paid or recovered at programme closure in the field of transitional rural development financed by the EAGGF of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia.
(2) On the basis of the annual accounts submitted by Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures, accompanied by the information required, the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (5), have been cleared for the financial years 2005 (6), 2006 (7), 2007 (8), 2008 (9) and 2009 (10). The respective clearance decisions have been adopted.
(3) The final eligibility date for TRDI programmes was set to 31 December 2008. An extension of the final eligibility date was granted to Estonia, Malta and Slovakia. The expenses incurred between 16 October 2008 and 30 June 2009 were declared in the 2009 annual accounts; thus, the clearance of accounts decisions referred to above clear the full expenditure incurred under these programmes.
(4) Article 32(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that the combined total payments which are made in respect of the programme, prior to the payment of the final balance, shall not exceed 95 % of the Community commitment for the programme.
(5) For the rural development expenditure covered by Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 27/2004, the final balance to be paid or recovered shall be calculated on the basis of the latest clearance of accounts decision and additional information provided by Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia as per recital (6) hereafter.
(6) In the light of the closure of the Transitional Rural Development programmes, the Member States concerned were requested to provide information on the outstanding debts in respect of the programmes. The debt data were verified and taken into consideration by the Commission when calculating the final balance.
(7) In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from European Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with European Union rules,
The amounts of the final balance which is, recoverable from or payable to, each Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural development measures applicable in Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia are set out in the Annex.
This decision determines the final balances of the remaining Transitional Rural Development programmes financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006D0308 | 2006/308/EC: Council Decision of 10 April 2006 appointing a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
| 28.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 115/36
COUNCIL DECISION
of 10 April 2006
appointing a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
(2006/308/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the German Government,
Whereas:
(1) On 24 January 2006 the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 (1).
(2) A seat as an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Dieter DOMBROWSKI,
Ms Barbara RICHSTEIN, member of the Parliament of Brandenburg (Mitglied des Landtags von Brandenburg), is hereby appointed an alternate member of the Committee of the Regions in place of Mr Dieter DOMBROWSKI for the remainder of his term of office, which runs until 25 January 2010.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall take effect on the date of its adoption. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31994D0111 | 94/111/EC: Council Decision of 16 December 1993 on the conclusion of the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles (1956) and the acceptance of the United Nations' resolution on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles
| 26.2.1994 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 56/27
COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 December 1993
on the conclusion of the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles (1956) and the acceptance of the United Nations' resolution on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles
(94/111/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 113, in conjunction with Article 228 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles, negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Organization and signed in Geneva on 18 May 1956, covers temporary import conditions and procedures for commercial road vehicles in the customs territories of the Community and third countries and is a customs agreement which could effectively help expand international trade;
Whereas under Article 33 (2 bis), the Convention is open to accession by regional economic integration organizations;
Whereas moreover, all Member States of the Community are Contracting Parties to the Convention;
Whereas, if the Community is to become a Contracting Party, it must deposit an accession instrument with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization;
Whereas the current Community provisions on the temporary importation of road vehicles for commercial use comply with those of the Convention and there is therefore no need to enter any reservations with regard to Article 38 of the Convention;
Whereas it is appropriate to approve the Convention;
Whereas, it would be appropriate to accept at the same time the United Nations' resolution of 2 July 1993 on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles,
1. The Customs Convention on the Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Convention appears in Annex I.
2. The United Nations' resolution of 2 July 1993 on the applicability of carnets de passage en douane and CPD carnets to commercial road vehicles are hereby accepted by the Community, subject to the conditions set out in Annex II to this Decision.
1. The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to deposit the instrument of accession to the Convention on behalf of the Community.
2. The person so designated shall notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the acceptance of the resolution.
3. The Commission is hereby authorized to transmit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the information provided for in Article 33 (2)(bis) of the Convention, after first consulting the Member States and depositing the instrument of accession referred to in paragraph 1. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32013D0705 | 2013/705/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 29 November 2013 authorising the placing on the market of rooster comb extract as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2013) 8319)
| 3.12.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 322/39
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 29 November 2013
authorising the placing on the market of rooster comb extract as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2013) 8319)
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(2013/705/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 8 February 2011 the company Bioiberica S.A. made a request to the competent authorities of the United Kingdom to place rooster comb extract on the market as a novel food ingredient.
(2) On 25 October 2011 the competent food assessment body of the United Kingdom issued its initial assessment report. In that report it came to the conclusion that rooster comb extract for use in certain foods at the levels proposed by the applicant meets the criteria set out in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97.
(3) On 10 November 2011 the Commission forwarded the initial assessment report to the other Member States.
(4) Reasoned objections were raised within the 60 day period laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97. In particular, questions concerning the specifications and possible allergenicity of the product were raised.
(5) On 22 May 2012 the Commission consulted the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asking it to carry out an additional assessment for rooster comb extract as food ingredient in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 258/97.
(6) On 31 May 2013 the Authority adopted a Scientific Opinion on the rooster comb extract (2), concluding that it is safe under the proposed uses and use levels.
(7) The Scientific Opinion gives sufficient grounds to establish that rooster comb extract in the proposed uses and use levels complies with the criteria laid down in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Rooster comb extract as defined and specified in Annex I may be placed on the market as a novel food ingredient for the uses defined and at the maximum levels established in Annex II.
The designation of rooster comb extract, authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘rooster comb extract’ or ‘cockerel comb extract’.
This Decision is addressed to Bioiberica S.A., Plaça Francesc Macià, 7. 8B, 08029 Barcelona Spain. | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32008R1114 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1114/2008 of 10 November 2008 establishing a prohibition of fishing for common sole in IIIa, EC waters of IIIb, IIIc and IIId by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
| 11.11.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 300/34
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1114/2008
of 10 November 2008
establishing a prohibition of fishing for common sole in IIIa, EC waters of IIIb, IIIc and IIId by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (1), and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to common fisheries policy (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 of 16 January 2008 fixing for 2008 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (3), lays down quotas for 2008.
(2) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2008.
(3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing for that stock and its retention on board, transhipment and landing,
Quota exhaustion
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2008 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Prohibitions
Fishing for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. It shall be prohibited to retain on board, tranship or land such stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32007D0590 | 2007/590/EC: Commission Decision of 27 August 2007 on introducing preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic avian influenza and related provisions for movements in the Netherlands (notified under document number C(2007) 3977)
| 28.8.2007 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 222/16
COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 August 2007
on introducing preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic avian influenza and related provisions for movements in the Netherlands
(notified under document number C(2007) 3977)
(Only the Dutch text is authentic)
(2007/590/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (1), and in particular, Article 57(2) thereof;
Whereas:
(1) Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease in poultry and other birds, causing mortality and disturbances which can quickly take epizootic proportions liable to present a serious threat to animal health and under certain circumstances to human health and also to reduce the profitability of poultry farming.
(2) The highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus of subtype H5N1 has been isolated from poultry and wild birds in certain parts of the Community and in third countries. The likelihood of the spread of that virus to poultry flocks, in particular by wild birds, is increasing within the Community.
(3) Early detection systems and biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of transmission of avian influenza to poultry flocks are in place in the whole territory of the Netherlands.
(4) In its scientific opinions on avian influenza with respect to animal health and welfare aspects, the role of wild birds in the spread of avian influenza and on vaccination of poultry, captive birds and zoo birds against avian influenza, the Animal Health and Welfare Panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recommended that preventive vaccination can be considered, if a high risk of virus introduction is identified in particular in densely populated poultry areas.
(5) In addition, EFSA states that during an avian influenza epidemic there is always a significant risk that hobby and pet birds are hidden and constitute an ongoing risk of infection. This eventuality should be considered, and instead of the mass culling of such birds, a policy of increased surveillance and biosecurity may be recommended. Quarantine and preventive vaccination may also be considered as options for these types of birds. However, such a practice should not jeopardise the strict biosecurity and other measures that should be in force in such areas aimed at eradicating any introduction of the virus. In particular, preventive vaccination may be applied in flocks in which the general flock management systems that are used preclude birds being permanently housed indoors or sufficiently protected against contacts with wild birds.
(6) Commission Decision 2006/147/EC of 24 February 2006 on introducing preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 and related provisions for movements in the Netherlands (2) approved the plan for preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, as submitted by the Netherlands to the Commission on 21 February 2006, and the amendments thereto, including the continuation of that plan until 31 July 2007 (‘the preventive vaccination plan’). It provides for certain measures to be applied in the Netherlands where preventive vaccination is carried out in certain poultry holdings at particular risk for the introduction of infection by that disease, including movement restrictions on vaccinated poultry.
(7) Given the experience gained with preventive vaccination under field conditions during the implementation of the preventive vaccination plan, it is appropriate to continue this pilot project in order to obtain further insight into the development and levels of bird immunity under a controlled setting.
(8) For that purpose, the Netherlands submitted on 29 June 2007 an updated preventive vaccination plan which is to be applied until 31 July 2009. The Commission examined that updated plan in collaboration with the Netherlands and considers that, subject to certain adaptations, it complies with the relevant Community animal health legislation. Accordingly, the updated preventive vaccination plan should be approved.
(9) For the purposes of such preventive vaccination, only vaccines authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products (3) or Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (4) should be used.
(10) Where preventive vaccination is carried out in the Netherlands, monitoring of vaccinated and unvaccinated poultry flocks and movement restrictions for vaccinated birds should be implemented in order to prevent the eventual virus circulation in vaccinated flocks, if exposed to field virus.
(11) In addition, certain restrictions should be placed on the movement of poultry and products thereof concerned by the preventive vaccination measures provided for in this Decision. Such restrictions should take into account the rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (5), Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (6) and Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (7).
(12) In the interests of clarity of Community legislation, Decision 2006/147/EC should be repealed.
(13) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
Subject matter and scope
This Decision lays down certain measures to be applied in the Netherlands where preventive vaccination is carried out in certain poultry holdings at particular risk for introduction of avian influenza, including movement restrictions on vaccinated poultry and certain products derived thereof.
Definitions
For the purpose of this Decision, the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2005/94/EC shall apply.
The following definitions shall also apply:
(a) ‘backyard poultry’ means chickens, turkeys and other species belonging to the Galliformes order and ducks, geese and other species belonging to the Anseriformes order which are kept by their owners:
(i) for their own consumption or use; or
(ii) as pets.
(b) ‘organic’ and ‘free-range layers’ means:
(i) laying hens as defined in Article 2(2)(a) of Council Directive 1999/74/EC (8); and
(ii) which have access to open runs.
Approval of the vaccination programme
1. The plan for preventive vaccination against highly pathogenic avian influenza, as submitted by the Netherlands to the Commission on 29 June 2007, to be implemented until 31 July 2009, (‘the preventive vaccination plan’) is approved.
2. The Commission shall publish the preventive vaccination plan.
Conditions for implementing the preventive vaccination plan
1. The Netherlands shall ensure that the preventive vaccination of backyard poultry and organic and free-range layers is carried out in accordance with the preventive vaccination plan with an inactivated heterologous vaccine of avian influenza subtype H5 or with a bivalent inactivated heterologous vaccine containing both avian influenza subtypes H5 and H7 authorised by that Member State or the Community in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC or Regulation (EC) No 726/2004.
2. The Netherlands shall ensure that intensive monitoring and surveillance, as set out in the preventive vaccination plan is carried out in the backyard poultry and flocks of organic or free-range layers where preventive vaccination is carried out.
3. The Netherlands shall ensure that the preventive vaccination plan is implemented efficiently.
Restrictions on movements and dispatch of backyard poultry, including day-old chicks and hatching eggs derived from such poultry
1. The competent authority shall ensure that no poultry, including day-old chicks and hatching eggs, derived from such poultry and originating from backyard poultry holdings where vaccination is carried out, may be moved to other poultry holdings within the Netherlands or dispatched to another Member State.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, and provided that they are individually identified, backyard poultry may be moved to other holdings of backyard poultry or temporarily gathered for shows and exhibitions:
(a) within the Netherlands;
(b) in another Member State following the agreement of the Member State of destination.
Any such movements or gatherings must be in accordance with the preventive vaccination plan, including the maintenance of records of such movements and gatherings.
Restrictions on movements of organic and free-range layers
The competent authority shall ensure that organic and free-range layers from holdings where preventive vaccination is carried out are only moved:
(a) to other holdings where preventive vaccination is carried out within the Netherlands;
(b) to a slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter within the Netherlands; or
(c) to a slaughterhouse in another Member State for immediate slaughter following the agreement of the Member State of destination.
Health certification for intra-Community trade in poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs
1. The Netherlands shall ensure that health certificates for intra-Community trade in poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs from the Netherlands referred to in Articles 5(2) and 6 (c) include the words:
‘Poultry/day-old chicks/hatching eggs (9) in compliance with the rules laid down in Decision 2007/590/EC and vaccinated/derived from poultry vaccinated (9) against avian influenza on … (date) with vaccine … (name).
2. The Netherlands shall ensure that health certificates for intra-Community trade in poultry, day-old chicks and hatching eggs other than those referred to in paragraph (1) from the Netherlands include the words:
‘The consignment consists of poultry/day-old chicks/hatching eggs (10) originating from holdings where no vaccination against avian influenza has been carried out.
Restrictions on the dispatch of table eggs
The competent authority shall ensure that table eggs that originate from and/or come from holdings where organic and free-range layers are kept and in which preventive vaccination is carried out are only dispatched to other Member States subject to compliance with the following conditions:
(a) the table eggs are derived from poultry which originate from holdings which have been regularly inspected and tested with negative results for highly pathogenic avian influenza in accordance with the preventive vaccination plan, with particular attention being paid to sentinel birds; and
(b) the table eggs are directly transported:
(i) to a packing centre designated by the competent authority and that they are packed in disposable packaging or in containers, trays and other non-disposable equipment, which must be cleaned and disinfected before and after each use in accordance with the instructions and biosecurity measures required by the competent authority; or
(ii) to an establishment for the manufacture of egg products as set out in Chapter II of Section X of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 to be handled and treated in accordance with Chapter XI of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004.
Restrictions on the dispatch of meat, minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat and meat products derived from vaccinated organic and free-range layers
1. The competent authority shall ensure that meat, minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat and meat products derived from vaccinated organic and free-range layer flocks is only dispatched to other Member States subject to compliance with the following conditions:
(a) it is derived from poultry which:
(i) originate from flocks which have been regularly inspected and tested with negative results for highly pathogenic avian influenza in accordance with the preventive vaccination plan with particular attention being paid to sentinel birds;
(ii) originate from flocks which have been clinically inspected by an official veterinarian within 48 hours before the time of loading, with particular attention being paid to sentinel birds;
(iii) are kept separated from other flocks which do not comply with the provisions of (i) and (ii) above; and
(b) it has been produced in accordance with Annex II and Sections II and III of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and controlled in accordance with Sections I, II, III, and Chapters V and VII of Section IV of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
2. The competent authority shall ensure that minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat and meat products containing meat derived from vaccinated organic and free range layer flocks is only dispatched to other Member States if such meat, preparations or products comply with paragraph 1 and are produced in accordance with Sections V and VI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
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Reports
The Netherlands shall submit to the Commission a report on the implementation of the preventive vaccination plan within one month from the date of application of this Decision and give quarterly reports at the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
1
Repeal
Decision 2006/147/EC is repealed.
2
Addresses
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32003R2282 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 2282/2003 of 22 December 2003 prohibiting fishing for Greenland halibut by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 2282/2003
of 22 December 2003
prohibiting fishing for Greenland halibut by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1754/2003(4), lays down quotas for Greenland halibut for 2003.
(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.
(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of Greenland halibut in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom have exhausted the quota allocated for 2003. The United Kingdom has prohibited fishing for this stock from 26 November 2003. That date should be adopted in this Regulation also,
Catches of Greenland halibut in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the United Kingdom for 2003.
Fishing for Greenland halibut in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 26 November 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32006R0619 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2006 of 20 April 2006 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
| 21.4.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 108/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 619/2006
of 20 April 2006
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 27(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that the differences between the prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex V to that Regulation.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (2), specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.
(3) In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed each month.
(4) Article 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 lays down that the export refund for a product contained in goods may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.
(5) The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in advance as the market situation over the next few months cannot be established at the moment.
(6) The commitments entered into with regard to refunds which may be granted for the export of agricultural products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take precautionary measures in such situations without, however, preventing the conclusion of long-term contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables these various objectives to be met.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 April 2006.
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31994R0400 | Council Regulation (EC) No 400/94 of 21 February 1994 extending Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 establishing a European Forestry Information and Communication System (Efics)
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 400/94 of 21 February 1994 extending Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 establishing a European Forestry Information and Communication System (Efics)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 of 29 May 1989 establishing a European Forestry Information and Communication System (Efics) (1) provided for the setting up of a system the objective of which is to collect, co-ordinate, standardize and process data concerning the forestry sector and its development;
Whereas it has proved impossible to set up the system within the period laid down in that Regulation;
Whereas the need for such a system has become more pressing in the light of the current situation in the forestry sector;
Whereas, moreover, both the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992 in Rio and the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe in Helsinki in June 1993 highlighted the need to have at Community level comparable and objective data on the forestry sector;
Whereas the said Regulation should therefore be extended, while adapting it to the current state of Community legislation,
Regulation (EEC) No 1615/89 shall be amended as follows:
1. In Article 1, the words 'Regulations (EEC) No 1609/89, (EEC) No 1610/89, (EEC) No 1611/89, and (EEC) No 1612/89, of Decision 89/367/EEC and Regulations (EEC) No 1613/89 and (EEC) No 1614/89' shall be replaced by the words: 'Regulations (EEC) No 1610/89, (EEC) No 2080/92 (2) and (EEC) No 867/90 (3), of Decision 89/367/EEC and of Regulations (EEC) No 2157/92 (4) and (EEC) No 2158/92 (5).
';
2. In Article 3, the words 'four-year stage' shall be replaced by 'stage' and the date '31 December 1992' shall be replaced by '31 December 1997';
3. In Article 4, '1992' shall be replaced by '1997';
4. In the first sentence of Article 5, '1993' shall be replaced by '1998'. In the second sentence of Article 5, '1993' shall be replaced by '1998' and '1998' by '2002'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
31990R3911 | Council Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 3911/90 of 21 December 1990 adapting the representation and special- duty allowances for the President and Members of the Commission, the President, Judges, Advocates-General and Registrar of the Court Of Justice and the President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM, ECSC, EEC) N° 3911/90 of 21 December 1990 adapting the representation and special-duty allowances for the President and Members of the Commission, the President, Judges, Advocates-General and Registrar of the Court of Justice and the President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to Council Regulation N° 422/67/EEC, N° 5/67/Euratom of 25 July 1967 determining the emoluments of the President and Members of the Commission, of the President, Judges, Advocates-General and Registrar of the Court of Justice and of the President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance(1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC/Euratom/ECSC) N° 3777/89(2), and in particular Article 4 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (ECSC/ EEC/Euratom) N° 4045/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down the emoluments of the President, Members and Registrar of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities(3), and amending accordingly Regulation N° 422/67/EEC, N° 5/67/Euratom,
Whereas the representation and special-duty allowances provided for under Article 4 (2) and (3) and Article 21a (3) of Regulation N° 422/67/EEC, N° 5/67/Euratom should be increased,
With effect from 1 July 1990:
(a)the amounts listed in Article 4 (2) of Regulation N° 422/67/EEC, N° 5/67/Euratom shall be as follows:
President:Bfrs 53 095,
Vice-President:Bfrs 34 120,
Other Members:Bfrs 22 750;
(b)the amounts listed in the first subparagraph of Article 4 (3) of Regulation N° 422/67/EEC, N° 5/67/Euratom shall be as follows:
President:Bfrs 53 095,
Judge or Advocate-General:Bfrs 22 750,
Registrar:Bfrs 20 750;
(c)the amount listed in the second subparagraph of Article 4 (3) of Regulation N° 422/67/EEC,
N° 5/67/Euratom shall be replaced by Bfrs 30 355.
With effect from 1 July 1990:
(a)the amounts listed in the first subparagraph of Article 21a (3) of Regulation N° 422/67/EEC, N° 5/67/Euratom shall be as follows:
President:Bfrs 22 750,
Members:Bfrs 20 750,
Registrar:Bfrs 17 645;
(b)the amount listed in the second subparagraph of Article 21a (3) shall be replaced by Bfrs 27 685.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003D0254 | 2003/254/EC: Council Decision of 19 December 2002 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America relating to the modification of concessions with respect to cereals provided for in EC Schedule CXL to the GATT 1994
| Council Decision
of 19 December 2002
on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America relating to the modification of concessions with respect to cereals provided for in EC Schedule CXL to the GATT 1994
(2003/254/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 26 July 2002, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 with a view to modifying certain concessions for cereals. Accordingly, the European Community notified the WTO on 26 July 2002 of its intention to modify certain concessions in EC Schedule CXL.
(2) Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in consultation with the Committee established by Article 133 of the Treaty and within the framework of the negotiating directives issued by the Council.
(3) The Commission has negotiated, with the United States of America, the WTO Member having a substantial supplying interest, an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters.
(4) The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America should therefore be approved.
(5) In order to ensure that the Agreement may be fully applied by 1 January 2003 and pending the amendment of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), the Commission should be authorised to adopt temporary derogations from that Regulation.
(6) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(2),
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America relating to the modification of concessions with respect to cereals provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT 1994 is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
To the extent necessary to permit the full application of this Agreement by 1 January 2003, the Commission may derogate from Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 3(2) of this Decision, until that Regulation is amended but not later than 30 June 2003.
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Cereals instituted by Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32003R1857 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2003 of 22 October 2003 on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2003 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2003
of 22 October 2003
on the issue of import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2003 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996 on the implementation of concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of GATT XXIV.6 negotiations(1),
Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with Thailand under GATT Article XXIII(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 327/98 of 10 February 1998 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2458/2001(4), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:
Examination of the quantities for which applications have been submitted under the October 2003 tranche shows that licences should be issued for the quantities applied for,
Import licences for rice against applications submitted during the first 10 working days of October 2003 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 327/98 and notified to the Commission shall be issued for the quantities applied for.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 October 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31995D0273 | 95/273/EC: Commission Decision of 6 July 1995 relating to the institution of a Scientific Committee for Food
| COMMISSION DECISION of 6 July 1995 relating to the institution of a Scientific Committee for Food (95/273/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas the drafting and amendment of common rules concerning the composition, manufacturing characteristics, packaging and labelling of foodstuffs requires consideration of the problems relating to the protection of health and safety of persons;
Whereas the quest for solutions to these problems needs the participation of highly qualified scientific personnel, particularly in the fields associated with medicine, nutrition, toxicology, biology, chemistry or other similar disciplines;
Whereas contact with such groups should assume a permanent character in the form of a committee of a consultative nature established by the Commission;
Whereas Commission Decision 74/234/EEC of 16 April 1974 relating to the institution of a Scientific Committee for Food (1), as amended by Decision 86/241/EEC (2), provides that the said Committee shall be composed of not more than 18 members; whereas, in view of the further enlargement of the Community on 1 January 1995 and the increase in the Committee's workload since the said number of members was established, the maximum number of members provided for should be increased;
Whereas, according to Article 101, Protocol 37 and Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the Commission has undertaken to ensure the participation in the Scientific Committee for Food of at least one highly qualified scientist from those Member States of the European Free Trade Association signatory to the Agreement;
Whereas scientific advice on matters relating to food safety must, in the interests of consumers and industry, be independent and transparent;
Whereas, in the interests of transparency, Decision 74/234/EEC should be replaced by this Decision,
A Scientific Committee for Food hereinafter called the 'Committee` is hereby established by the Commission.
1. The Committee shall be consulted by the Commission whenever a legal act requires so.
2. The Committee may be consulted by the Commission on any other problem relating to the protection of the health and safety of persons arising or likely to arise from the consumption of food, in particular on nutritional, hygienic and toxicological issues.
3. The Committee may draw the attention of the Commission to any such problem.
The Committee shall be composed of not more than 20 members.
The Members of the Committee shall be nominated by the Commission from highly qualified scientific persons having competence in the fields referred to in Article 2 (2).
The Committee shall elect a chairman and two vice-chairmen from its members. The election shall take place by simple majority of the members.
1. The mandate of a member, chairman or vice-chairman of the Committee shall have a term of three years. It shall be renewable. However, the chairman and vice-chairmen of the Committee may not be immediately re-elected after being in office for two consecutive periods of three years. The duties shall not be subject to remuneration.
After the expiry of the period of three years, the members, chairman or vice-chairmen of the Committee remain in office until their replacement or the renewal of their mandate.
2. Where a member, chairman or vice-chairmen of the Committee finds he is unable to fulfil his mandate, or where the circumstances which led to his nomination significantly change, or in the case of his resignation, he shall be replaced for the remaining term of the mandate in accordance with the procedure provided, as the case may be, in Article 4 or Article 5.
1. The Committee may form working groups from amongst its members.
2. The mandate of the working groups shall be to report to the Committee on the subjects referred to them by the latter.
1. The Committee and the working groups shall meet at the invitation of a representative of the Commission.
2. The representative of the Commission as well as other officials and interested agents of the Commission shall assist at the meeting of the Committee and the working groups.
3. The representative of the Commission may invite individuals having particular expertise in the subject being studied to participate at the meetings.
4. The Commission shall provide the secretariat of the Committee and the working groups.
5. The Commission shall codify the working practices and procedures of the Committee and make them available to interested parties.
1. The deliberations of the Committee shall relate to the requests for opinion put by the representative of the Commission.
The representative of the Commission, in requesting the opinion of the Committee, may fix the length of time within which the opinion is to be given.
2. Where the opinion requested is the subject of the unanimous agreement of the members of the Committee, these latter establish the common conclusions. In the absence of unanimous agreement, the various positions taken in the course of the deliberations shall be entered in a report drawn up under the responsibility of the representative of the Commission.
3. The Commission shall publish the opinions of the Committee.
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Without prejudice to Article 214 of the Treaty members shall be obliged not to divulge information coming to their knowledge as a result of the work of the Committee when the representative of the Commission informs them that the opinion requested relates to material of a confidential nature.
In this case, only the members of the Committee and the representatives of the Commission shall be present at the meetings.
1
Members shall be required to notify the Commission annually, and as they occur during the work of the Committee and its working groups, of interests which could prejudice their independence.
2
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32003R0745 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2003 of 28 April 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 745/2003
of 28 April 2003
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism(1) and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 lists the competent authorities to whom information and requests concerning the measures imposed by that Regulation should be sent.
(2) The Netherlands and the United Kingdom have requested that the address details concerning their competent authorities be amended and, as a result of personnel changes, the address details concerning the Commission have to be amended,
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009R1276 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1276/2009 of 22 December 2009 fixing the standard values to be used in calculating the financial compensation and the advance pertaining thereto in respect of fishery products withdrawn from the market during the 2010 fishing year
| 23.12.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 344/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1276/2009
of 22 December 2009
fixing the standard values to be used in calculating the financial compensation and the advance pertaining thereto in respect of fishery products withdrawn from the market during the 2010 fishing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 21(5) and (8) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides for financial compensation to be paid to producer organisations which withdraw on certain conditions, the products listed in Annex I, (A) and (B) to that Regulation. The amount of such financial compensation should be reduced by standard values in the case of products intended for purposes other than human consumption.
(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2493/2001 of 19 December 2001 on the disposal of certain fishery products which have been withdrawn from the market (2) specifies the ways of disposing of the products withdrawn from the market. The value of such products should be fixed at a standard level for each of these modes of disposal, taking into account the average revenues which may be obtained from such disposal in the various Member States.
(3) Under Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2509/2000 of 15 November 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards granting financial compensation for withdrawals of certain fishery products (3), special rules provide that, where a producer organisation or one of its members puts its products up for sale in a Member State other than the country in which it is recognised, that body responsible for granting the financial compensation must be informed. This body is the one in the Member State in which the producer organisation is recognised. The standard value deductible should therefore be the value applied in that Member State.
(4) The same method of calculation should be applied to advances on financial compensation as provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2509/2000.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
For the 2010 fishing year, the standard values to be used in calculating financial compensation and associated advances for fishery products withdrawn from the market by producer organisations and intended for purposes other than human consumption, as referred to in Article 21(5) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
The standard value to be deducted from financial compensation and associated advances shall be that applied in the Member State in which the producer organisation is recognised.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2010.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32009L0020 | Directive 2009/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the insurance of shipowners for maritime claims (Text with EEA relevance)
| 28.5.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 131/128
DIRECTIVE 2009/20/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 23 April 2009
on the insurance of shipowners for maritime claims
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3),
Whereas:
(1) One element of Community maritime transport policy is to improve the quality of merchant shipping by making all economic operators act more responsibly.
(2) Dissuasive measures have already been adopted under Directive 2005/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on ship source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements (4).
(3) On 9 October 2008, the Member States adopted a statement in which they unanimously recognised the importance of the application of the 1996 Protocol to the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims by all Member States.
(4) The obligation to have insurance should make it possible to ensure better protection for victims. It should also help to eliminate substandard ships and make it possible to reestablish competition between operators. Furthermore, in Resolution A.898(21), the International Maritime Organisation invited States to urge shipowners to be properly insured.
(5) Non compliance with the provisions of this Directive should be rectified. Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on port State control (recast) (5) already provides for the detention of ships in the case of absence of certificates which have to be carried on board. However, it is appropriate to provide for the possibility of expelling a ship which does not carry a certificate of insurance. The modalities of the expulsion should allow the situation to be rectified within a reasonable time period.
(6) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely the introduction and implementation of appropriate measures in the field of maritime transport policy, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Subject matter
This Directive lays down rules applicable to certain aspects of the obligations on shipowners as regards their insurance for maritime claims.
Scope
1. This Directive shall apply to ships of 300 gross tonnage or more.
2. This Directive shall not apply to warships, auxiliary warships or other State owned or operated ships used for a non commercial public service.
3. This Directive shall be without prejudice to the regimes established by the instruments in force in the Member State concerned and listed in the Annex hereto.
Definitions
For the purpose of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘shipowner’ means the registered owner of a seagoing ship, or any other person such as the bareboat charterer who is responsible for the operation of the ship;
(b) ‘insurance’ means insurance with or without deductibles, and comprises, for example, indemnity insurance of the type currently provided by members of the International Group of P & I Clubs, and other effective forms of insurance (including proved self insurance) and financial security offering similar conditions of cover;
(c) ‘1996 Convention’ means the consolidated text of the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), as amended by the 1996 Protocol.
Insurance for maritime claims
1. Each Member State shall require that shipowners of ships flying its flag have insurance covering such ships.
2. Each Member State shall require shipowners of ships flying a flag other than its own to have insurance in place when such ships enter a port under the Member State's jurisdiction. This shall not prevent Member States, if in conformity with international law, from requiring compliance with that obligation when such ships are operating in their territorial waters.
3. The insurance referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall cover maritime claims subject to limitation under the 1996 Convention. The amount of the insurance for each and every ship per incident shall be equal to the relevant maximum amount for the limitation of liability as laid down in the 1996 Convention.
Inspections, compliance, expulsion from ports and denial of access to ports
1. Each Member State shall ensure that any inspection of a ship in a port under its jurisdiction in accordance with Directive 2009/16/EC, includes verification that a certificate referred to in Article 6 is carried on board.
2. If the certificate referred to in Article 6 is not carried on board, and without prejudice to Directive 2009/16/EC providing for detention of ships when safety issues are at stake, the competent authority may issue an expulsion order to the ship which shall be notified to the Commission, the other Member States and the flag State concerned. As a result of the issuing of such an expulsion order, every Member State shall refuse entry of this ship into any of its ports until the shipowner notifies the certificate referred to in Article 6.
Insurance certificates
1. The existence of the insurance referred to in Article 4 shall be proved by one or more certificates issued by its provider and carried on board the ship.
2. The certificates issued by the insurance provider shall include the following information:
(a) name of ship, its IMO number, and port of registry;
(b) shipowner’s name and principal place of business;
(c) type and duration of the insurance;
(d) name and principal place of business of the provider of the insurance and, where appropriate, the place of business where the insurance is established.
3. If the language used in the certificates is neither English nor French nor Spanish, the text shall include a translation into one of these languages.
Penalties
For the purposes of Article 4(1), Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for the breach of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Reports
Every three years, and for the first time before 1 January 2015, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application of this Directive.
Transposition
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 1 January 2012. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
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Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32000R0710 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 710/2000 of 3 April 2000 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 710/2000
of 3 April 2000
concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987(1) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 254/2000(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3.
(4) It is appropriate that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code(3), as last amended by Council and European Parliament Regulation (EC) No 955/1999(4), for a period of three months by the holder.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which does not conform to the provisions of this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
31992R0509 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 509/92 of 28 February 1992 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
| 29.2.1992 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 55/80
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 509/92 of 28 February 1992
concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 396/92 (2), and in particular Article 9,
Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and these rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivisions to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff or other measures relating to trade in goods;
Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;
Whereas it is appropriate that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the combined nomenclature and which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation, can continue to be invoked under the provisions in Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3896/90 (3), for a period of three months by the holder if a binding contract has been concluded such as is envisaged in Article 14 (3) (a) or (b) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1715/90 (4);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Nomenclature Committee,
The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/90 for a period of three months by the holder if a binding contract has been concluded as envisaged in Article 14 (3) (a) or (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1715/90.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32001R0188 | Commission Regulation (EC) No 188/2001 of 30 January 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1524/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific measures adopted in respect of fruit and vegetables, plants and flowers for the benefit of the French overseas departments and determining the forecast supply balance for 2001
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 188/2001
of 30 January 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 1524/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific measures adopted in respect of fruit and vegetables, plants and flowers for the benefit of the French overseas departments and determining the forecast supply balance for 2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 of 16 December 1991 on introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French overseas departments(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999(2), and in particular Article 2(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Common detailed rules for implementing the specific measures for the supply of certain agricultural products to the French overseas departments are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 131/92(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1736/96(4), and the additional detailed rules for applying the arrangements for the supply of processed fruit and vegetables and the forecast balance determining the quantities eligible for the specific supply arrangements for the period 1 January to 31 December 2000 are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1524/98(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2683/1999(6).
(2) The quantities of products eligible for the specific supply balance are determined by means of forecast balances established periodically and subject to revision on the basis of essential market requirements in the French overseas departments and taking account of local production and traditional trade flows. A forecast supply balance for 2001 is accordingly established in the Annex hereto.
(3) This Regulation will enter into force after the expiry of the time limit for submitting licence applications in January 2001. To avoid a break in supplies to the French overseas departments, provision should be made to derogate from Article 3(2) and 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1524/98 and to allow, for that month alone, the submission of licence applications in the five working days following the entry into force of this Regulation and to set the time limit for the issue of such licences at 10 working days following the entry into force of this Regulation.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1524/98 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
1. By way of derogation from Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1524/98, for January 2001 applications for licences shall be submitted to the competent authority no later than the fifth working day following the entry into force of this Regulation.
2. By way of derogation from Article 3(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1524/98, for January 2001 licences shall be issued no later than the 10th working day after the entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987R2139 | Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2139/87 of 20 July 1987 amending quantitative limits fixed for imports of certain textile products originating in the Philippines (category 4)
| COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2139/87
of 20 July 1987
amending quantitative limits fixed for imports of certain textile products originating in the Philippines (category 4)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Council (EEC) No 4136/86 of 22 December 1986 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries (1), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Whereas, under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86, quantitative limits may be increased where it apperas that additional imports are required;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Textile Committee,
The quantitative limits for textile products originating in the Philippines fixed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 4136/86 are hereby amended as laid down in the Annex hereto.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32014D0094 | 2014/94/EU: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument
| 19.2.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 48/8
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 20 November 2013
on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument
(2014/94/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular point 27 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas, after having examined all possibilities for re-allocating appropriations under heading 1b, it appears necessary to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument to complement the financing in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, beyond the ceiling of heading 1b, of EUR 134 049 037 towards the financing of the European Social Fund to increase the allocations to France, Italy and Spain for the year 2013 by a total amount of EUR 150 000 000,
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, the Flexibility Instrument shall be used to provide the sum of EUR 134 049 037 in commitment appropriations in heading 1b.
That amount shall be used to complement the financing of the European Social Fund under heading 1b.
This decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31989R1609 | Council Regulation (EEC) No 1609/89 of 29 May 1989 amending, with regard to the afforestation of agricultural land, Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures
| COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1609/89 of 29 May 1989 amending, with regard to the afforestation of agricultural land, Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the Community's efforts to reduce output of agricultural products which are in surplus should be accompanied by effective measures in the field of agricultural structures; whereas in this context special importance must be attached to the afforestation of land taken out of agricultural production;
Whereas to that end the measures provided for in Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 591/89 (5), should be adapted and strengthened;
Whereas therefore the aid for afforestation should be extended to all persons carrying out the afforestation of agricultural land and the ceilings on such aid should at the same time be raised;
Whereas an annual premium per hectare afforested, to compensate for the loss of income due to the afforestation of agricultural land, may encourage farmers to afforest such land;
Whereas it should be for the Member States to lay down the conditions governing the afforestation of agricultural land,
Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 15 (3) is deleted.
2. Title VI is replaced by the following:
'TITLE VI
Forestry measures on agricultural holdings
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1. Member States may grant aid for the afforestation of agricultural land to farmers, including those receiving the aids provided for in Title I of this Regulation or the aid provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1096/88 of 25 April 1988 establishing a Community scheme to encourage the cessation of farming (6).
Aid for afforestation may also be granted to any other individual and to forestry associations or cooperatives or other bodies which afforest agricultural land.
2. Member States may grant aid to farmers fulfilling the conditions of Article 2 (1) (a) for investments in woodland improvements such as the provision of shelterbelts, firebreaks, waterpoints and forest roads.
3. The cost of adapting agricultural machinery for forestry work shall form part of the investments referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
4. The actual expenditure incurred by Member States pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be eligible for financing from the Fund up to the maximum eligible amounts of:
- ECU 1 800 per hectare for afforestation
- ECU 700 per hectare for woodland improvements and the provision of shelterbelts,
- ECU 1 400 per hectare for the renewal and improvement of woodland under cork oaks,
- ECU 18 000 per kilometre for forest roads,
- ECU 150 per hectare provided with firebreaks and waterpoints.
Upon reasoned request by a Member State and subject to budget availabilities, the Commission may, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25, decide to increase the maximum amounts for afforestation, for woodland improvements and for the renewal and improvement of woodland under cork oaks up to maximum amounts of ECU 3 000, ECU 1 200 and ECU 3 000 respectively.
(7) OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 1.
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1. Member States may grant an annual premium per hectare afforested to farmers who afforest agricultural land and who do not receive the premium provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1096/88.
2. The maximum eligible amount of the annual premium referred to in paragraph 1 shall be ECU 150 per hectare afforested per year.
The above amount shall be reduced to ECU 50 per hectare if, and for as long as, aid under Title 1 is granted for the same land.
The premium shall be payable for a maximum period of 20 years from the initial afforestation.
3. The Member States shall fix the amount and duration of the annual premium in the light of the income lost and the species or types of trees with which the land is afforested.
0b
1. The Member States shall lay down the conditions for the afforestation of agricultural areas, which may in
particular include conditions relating to the location and grouping of areas which may be afforested.
2. The communication of provisions implementing this Title under Article 24 shall include:
- measures taken to determine afforestation conditions,
- measures taken to assess and control environmental impact,
- the accompanying measures taken or planned,
- the forestry plans or programmes with which afforestation is to comply.'
3. In Article 26:
(a) in paragraph 2, first subparagraph:
i(i) the first sentence is replaced by the following:
'The Fund shall reimburse 25 % of eligible expenditure on the measures provided for in Articles 1b, 3 to 7, 13 to 17 and 19, 20 and 20a to Member States.'
(ii) the third indent is replaced by the following:
'- 50 % in the case of the aid provided for in Articles 14, 17 and 20a and, until the date of entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 1609/89 (8), the allowance referred to in Article 15 (3) and concerning the regions of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and the French overseas departments within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 75/268/EEC.
(9) OJ No L 165, 15. 6. 1989, p. 1.'
(b)
in paragraph 4, the references to 'Articles 3, 4, 14, 17 and 21' are replaced by 'Articles 3, 4, 14 17, 20a and 21'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member State. | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
32000D0201 | 2000/201/EC: Commission Decision of 9 February 2000 listing the areas of Germany eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(2000) 310) (Only the German text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION
of 9 February 2000
listing the areas of Germany eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006
(notified under document number C(2000) 310)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2000/201/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 4(4) thereof,
After consulting the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development and the Committee on Structures for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Whereas:
(1) Point 2 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that Objective 2 of the Structural Funds is to support the economic and social conversion of areas facing structural difficulties.
(2) The first subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that the Commission and the Member States shall seek to ensure that assistance is genuinely concentrated on the areas most seriously affected and at the most appropriate geographical level.
(3) Commission Decision 1999/503/EC(2) lays down, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, a population ceiling for each Member State under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006. The ceiling for Germany is 10296000 inhabitants.
(4) Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that the Commission, on the basis of proposals from the Member States and in close concertation with each Member State concerned, is to draw up a list of the areas eligible under Objective 2 with due regard to national priorities, without prejudice to the transitional support provided for in Article 6(2) of that Regulation.
(5) Article 4(11) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that each list of areas eligible under Objective 2 is to be valid for seven years from 1 January 2000; however, where there is a serious crisis in a given region, the Commission, acting on a proposal from a Member State, may amend the list of areas during 2003 in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 10 of Article 4, without increasing the proportion of the population within each region referred to in Article 13(2) of that Regulation,
The areas in Germany eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 are listed in the Annex hereto.
This list may be amended in the course of 2003.
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
32011R0123 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 123/2011 of 11 February 2011 fixing the Union selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2011 fishing year
| 12.2.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 38/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 123/2011
of 11 February 2011
fixing the Union selling prices for the fishery products listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 for the 2011 fishing year
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 25(1) and (6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A Union selling price is to be fixed for each of the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 before the beginning of the fishing year, at a level at least equal to 70 % and not exceeding 90 % of the guide price.
(2) Council Regulation (EU) No 1258/2010 (2) fixes the guide prices for the 2011 fishing year for all the products concerned.
(3) Market prices vary considerably depending on the species and how the products are presented, particularly in the case of squid and hake.
(4) Conversion factors should therefore be fixed for the different species and presentations of frozen products landed in the Union in order to determine the price level that trigger the intervention measure provided for in Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
(5) In order not to hinder the operation of the intervention system in the year 2011, this Regulation should apply retroactively from 1 January 2011.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,
The Union selling prices, as referred to in Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, applicable during the 2011 fishing year for the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation and the presentations and conversion factors to which they relate are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2011.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31992D0018 | 92/18/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 December 1991 on applications for assistance from the European Communities concerning exceptional financial support for Greece in the social field submitted by the Hellenic Republic (1991) (Only the Greek text is authentic)
| COMMISSION DECISION of 6 December 1991 on applications for assistance from the European Communities concerning exceptional financial support for Greece in the social field submitted by the Hellenic Republic (1991) (Only the Greek text is authentic) (92/18/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 815/84 of 26 March 1984 on exceptional financial support in favour of Greece in the social field (1), as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 4130/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas the Hellenic Republic has submitted to the Commission, in accordance with Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 815/84, two applications dated 29 March 1991 for financial support for the financial year 1991;
Whereas all the necessary conditions of Regulation (EEC) No 815/84 for granting of aid are fulfilled;
Whereas particulars of the application to which this Decision applies are contained in the Annex;
Whereas the duration of the previous Decisions which are referred to in the Annex attached to this Decision has to be extended;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 815/84,
The two applications for assistance for the period from 1991 to 1994, which are in accordance respectively with Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 815/84, together with certain amendments to previous Decisions described in the attached Annex II which relate to the extension of the duration of those Decisions and to the periods described in Annex II, are adopted.
The maximum amount of aid agreed for the two applications relating respectively to Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 815/84 is fixed at ECU 37 002 836: ECU 10 687 193 for the application in respect of Article 1 (a) and ECU 26 315 643 for the application in respect of Article 1 (b) of the above Regulation.
The budgetary commitment for the financial year 1991 is fixed at ECU 30 127 972: ECU 10 687 193 for the application in respect of Article 1 (a) and ECU 19 440 779 for the application in respect of Article 1 (b) of the above Regulation.
Further commitments from the assistance available concerning Regulation (EEC) No 815/84 shall be based on financial and physical implementation and will be subject to budgetary availbility.
This decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31987D0415 | 87/415/EEC: Council Decision of 15 June 1987 concerning the conclusion of a Convention between the European Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit procedure
| 13.8.1987 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 226/1
COUNCIL DECISION
of 15 June 1987
concerning the conclusion of a Convention between the European Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit procedure
(87/415/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the conclusion of a Convention with Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland with a view to introducing a common transit procedure in trade between the Community ans those countries, as well as between those countries themselves, must enable the carriage of goods in the context of such trade to be simplified; whereas it is therefore appropriate to approve such a Convention;
Whereas this Convention falls within the framework of follow-up action to the Joint Declaration made in Luxembourg on 9 April 1984 by the Ministers of the Member States of the Community, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the Commission expressing their political will to extend cooperation between the Community and those countries ‘with the aim of creating a dynamic European economic space of benefit to their countries’,
The Convention between the European Economic Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit procedure is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision.
The Community shall be represented in the joint committee provided for in Article 14 of the Convention by the Commission, assisted by the representatives of the Member States.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to deposit the instrument of acceptance provided for in Article 22 of the Convention. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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